This workshop is part of the Westgrid advanced computing workshop series. 

In this workshop we will take a look at writing bash scripts and functions (and how these two process command-line arguments), searching the filesystem and file contents, basic text manipulation, permissions, and everything else you would like to learn to do in bash. We assume that you already have some basic bash knowledge. Please bring your laptop with wireless access, as we will have many hands-on exercises. If your laptop runs Mac and Linux, you already have bash, and there is no need to install anything. If you are on Windows, we will provide guest accounts on our remote Linux system — please install an SSH client such as MobaXterm free Home Edition (from http://bit.ly/2O3ovMC) before coming to the workshop.

About the presenter

Alex Razoumov is a training and visualization coordinator in WestGrid / Compute Canada. He has a keen interest in difficult computational problems, with a PhD in computational astrophysics from the University of British Columbia and postdoctoral experience in Urbana–Champaign, San Diego, Oak Ridge, and Halifax. He has worked on numerical models ranging from galaxy formation to core-collapse supernovae and stellar hydrodynamics, and has developed a number of computational fluid dynamics and radiative transfer codes and techniques. Alex has been with Compute Canada in one role or another since 2009. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.