Practical Introduction to Linux: Other Resources

Other Courses We Like

Other YCRC Courses

UNIX Tutorial for Beginners

Linux: Bash Shell and Scripts

Linda video covering bash with some different topics covered. Free if you’re at Yale.

Bash by example Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

More involved and detailed than we are, good reference as well.

Books We Like

Practical Computing for Biologists

Covers regex, bash, linux tools, python and databases. Excellent resource for beginner and intermediate users. Available as eBook too.

Helpful Links

Explain Shell

A neat web app that breaks down many linux commands and shows you what each bit means.

RegExr

An interactive and real-time sandbox to test regular expressions on text of your choosing. It also does a good job of telling you what each part of the expression does.

Text Editors

Open Vim

An interactive online tutorial to start learning the powerful text editor vim

How to learn Emacs

Guide on learning and customizinge Emacs.

Atom

Modern cross-platform (runs on linux/mac/windows) GUI text editor. Free and Open source!