Most bioinformatics tools have no buttons or menus. They run in the command line, usually on Linux, and so do the servers and clusters where large datasets are processed. Being comfortable in the terminal is one of the most useful practical skills in the field.
You'll start with the Linux file system and the commands you use to move around it, such as pwd, cd, and ls. Then you'll learn to create, copy, rename, move, and remove files and directories, which is how you keep a project organised.
Finally, you'll see a few more everyday commands and how to set up a Linux environment on your own computer. The sequence files from the earlier modules are plain text, so these same commands are what you'll use to inspect and process them. Once you've finished, move on to Sequence Alignment & Search.
An introduction to the Linux file system and your first three commands: pwd, cd, and ls.
How to create, remove, copy, rename, and move directories in Linux, with bioinformatics in mind.
Five Linux commands that beginners in bioinformatics should know.
How to set up a virtual machine on your computer, plus some basic Linux commands.