Primer: Introduction to Linux
Overview
Instructor(s): Sahil Vartak
Time: Friday, January 23, 2026 10:00AM-11:00AM CT
Location: Blocker 220
Prerequisite(s): Active HPRC Account
This primer introduces the basics of working in a Linux environment: basic commands, process and filesystem concepts, shells, I/O redirection, and shell scripts. The material covered here is a prerequisite to most other courses.
Course Materials
Participation
During the training, attendees are expected to log in to an HPRC cluster using their own computer and complete the instructor-led examples and exercises.
Learning Objectives and Agenda
In this course, participants will:
- Log into a cluster
- Learn to use basic commands to handle files and execute scripts
- Learn the basic components of shell scripting
A typical outline of the topics covered in this primer is provided below. Because of the interactive nature of this course, some of the topics listed below may be introduced in a different order and covered to different depths.
- Connecting to the system
- Getting started
- Navigation and Basic Commands
- Basic commands
- File handling
- Shell scripting