Session 1 (AM): Course Introduction and Introduction to the Command Line

• Resources
  • Check on the list of commands that we will call today
  • Download unix cheat sheet for reference for lectures.
     
• Instructor & class introductions (20 mins)
   
• Introduction to Linux/Unix command line - how to do everything you would do with your mouse, but faster!
  • Lecture (15 mins) (slides, video [~12 mins])
     
• Remote access basics (10 mins) (slides): accessing remote machines via the ssh command
  • Lecture (10 mins) (slides)
     
• Navigating files and directories: using the command line to find out where you are and to navigate to where you would like to go.
  • Lecture (~40 mins) (slides, video [~28 mins with no stops])
     
• Coffee break (10:30-10:45)
   
• Navigation Exercises:
  • Castle assassin game (practice with finding files)
  • Go over software carpentry exercises for understanding file paths (see github exercises page for more direction)
     
• Working with files and directories: seeing, copying, and moving your files.
  • Lecture (~20 mins) (slides, video [15:30])

Session 2 (PM): Lab

• Copying files between computers
  • Lecture / Demo (~10 mins) (slides)
• File Copying Exercise
  • Copy a file from your computer to your virtual machine (see github exercises page)
• How to install files on your computer (aptitude - aka apt - repository).
  • Lecture (10 mins) (slides)
  • New program demo: cowsay
  • New program demo: rename
• man command review
• Program installation exercise
  • Find a fun command-line program!  (see github exercises page)

Session 3 (Evening): Panel Discussion

Please join us for a panel discussion entitled "Normalizing Failure".