Linux tools

Thursday 15 Oct 2026, 09:00 → 13:00 Europe/Brussels

Discover Essential Linux Tools for Research 
and Everyday Use

This course will give an introduction to several useful Linux tools in academic research and everyday use of the systems.

• Brief introduction to script files in Bash shell
• Using quotes
• Command line parameters
• i/o and pipes
• Useful commands: grep, cut, uniq, tr, sort, join
• Linux tools: awk, sed
• Data visualization - Gnuplot
• Image processing: ImageMagick
• Using Linux scripting in writing PBS scripts for HPC
• This course provides hands-on sessions
  
  

Target audience

This course is primarily targeted at current VSC users.

Previous knowledge

Having a basic knowledge of Linux is expected (if not, please first follow the "Linux introduction" course). Users who want to use a VSC account for hands-on sessions should already have a VSC account created (bring the private key) and should have followed "HPC introduction" and "Linux for HPC", or should have the equivalent knowledge.

Result/Objectives

• Understanding and writing short Linux scripts
• Getting familiar with sophisticated Linux commands
• Being able to use Linux tools for processing i/o data
  
  

Instructor

Mag Selwa

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