This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.  This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and working with data from a publicly available database (e.g., SRA). 

Lesson 1: What is Biowulf? will introduce the components of an HPC system in the context of Biowulf, the NIH HPC cluster.  

This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.  This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and working with data from a publicly available database (e.g., SRA). 

Lesson 2: Navigating file systems with Unix will introduce learners to the Unix command line. Attendees will learn Unix commands related to navigating directories, creating and removing files or directories, and getting help.  

This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.  This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and working with data from a publicly available database (e.g., SRA). 

In Lesson 3: Useful Unix, attendees will continue to learn tips and concepts that facilitate working on the Unix command line.

This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.  This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and working with data from a publicly available database (e.g., SRA). 

In Lesson 4: Working on Biowulf, attendees will learn how to work on Biowulf computation nodes. The focus will be on submitting batch and swarm jobs. 

This lesson is part of a course, B4B: Unix and Biowulf.  This course will focus on developing command line skills, getting started and working on Biowulf (the NIH HPC cluster), and downloading and working with data from a publicly available database (e.g., SRA). 

In Lesson 5: Downloading data from the SRA, attendees will learn how to download data from the Sequence Read Archive. 

This class will serve as a review for essential Unix commands needed for bioinformatics. It is suitable for those who took BTEP's recent Bioinformatics for Beginners course series (https://bioinformatics.ccr.cancer.gov/docs/bioinformatics-for-beginners-2025/) or would like a refresher on basic Unix commands. Topics covered will include:

• Signing on to Biowulf, the NIH Unix-based high performance computing system.
• Unix command syntax
• Navigating through the Unix directory structure.
• Copy, removing, moving, and renaming files as well as directories.
• Working with software installed on Biowulf.

Participants are highly encouraged to suggest topics that they would like addressed using the form located at https://forms.office.com/g/n6HBucPASa. A personal Biowulf account is not to attend. Biowulf staff will provide student accounts for this session.

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