Applied Science, Information Science, Measurement and Data
Language(s)
English
Cluster
Transparency and Reproducibility in Computation and Analysis
Last updated
29 October 2026
Module
Library Carpentry: The UNIX Shell
By Adam Huffman, Alexander Konovalov, Alexander Morley, Alex Kassil, Alex Mendes, Ana Costa Conrado, Andrew Reid, Andrew T. T. McRae, Ariel Rokem, Ashwin Srinath, Bagus Tris Atmaja, Belinda Weaver, Benjamin Bolker, Benjamin Gabriel, BertrandCaron, Brian Ballsun-Stanton, Christopher Erdmann, Christopher Mentzel, colinmorris, Colin Sauze, csqrs, Dan Michael Heggø, Dave Bridges, David McKain, Dmytro Lituiev, earkpr, ekaterinailin, Elena Denisenko, Eric Jankowski, Erin Alison Becker, Evan Williamson, Farah Shamma, Gabriel Devenyi, Gerard Capes, Giuseppe Profiti, Halle Burns, Hannah Burkhardt, hugolio, Ian Lessing, Ian van der Linde, Jake Cowper Szamosi, James Baker, James Guelfi, Jarno Rantaharju, Jarosław Bryk, Jason Macklin, Jeffrey Oliver, jenniferleeucalgary, John Pellman, Jonah Duckles, Jonny Williams, Katrin Leinweber, Kevin M. Buckley, Kunal Marwaha, Laurence, Marc Gouw, Marie-Helene Burle, Marisa Lim, Martha Robinson, Martin Feller, Megan Fritz, Michael Lascarides, Michael Zingale, Michele Hayslett, Mike Henry, Morgan Oneka, Murray Hoggett, Nicolas Barral, Nicola Soranzo, Noah D Brenowitz, Owen Kaluza, Patrick McCann, Peter Hoyt, Rafi Ullah, Raniere Silva, Rémi Emonet, Reshama Shaikh, Ruud Steltenpool, sjnair, Stéphane Guillou, Stephan Schmeing, Stephen Jones, Stephen Leak, Susan J Miller, Thomas Mellan, Tim Dennis, Tom Dowrick, Travis Lilleberg, Victor Koppejan, Vikram Chhatre, Yee Mey
Level Graduate / Professional · For student, teacher · Language English
Abstract
Library Carpentry lesson to learn how to use the Shell. This Library Carpentry lesson introduces librarians to the Unix Shell. At the conclusion of the lesson you will: understand the basics of the Unix shell; understand why and how to use the command line; use shell commands to work with directories and files; use shell commands to find and manipulate data.
