March 6, 2020
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Instructors: Jason Macklin, Aaron McDivitt, Matt Bradley
Helpers: Sue McClatchy
This workshop introduces high performance computing using the Jackson Laboratory’s computing cluster. The goal is to teach novice programmers to use powerful tools and computing resources, and to engage in best practices for using these resources. The emphasis of this workshop is to give attendees a strong foundation in the fundamentals of the bash shell and to teach best practices for scientific computing in high performance computing environments. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Who: The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers at the Jackson Laboratory. For IT security reasons, external participants will not be admitted. You can attend in classrooms in Bar Harbor or Farmington, however, remote participation from desks, home, or away will not be supported. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.
Where: Holt Conference Room, 10 Discovery Dr, Farmington CT | Bioinformatics Training Room, 600 Main St, Bar Harbor ME. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
When: March 6, 2020. Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.). Windows users should have specific software installed (listed below).
Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:
Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can help making learning easier for you (e.g. sign-language interpreters, lactation facilities) please get in touch (using contact details below) and we will attempt to provide them.
Contact: Please email susan.mcclatchy@jax.org for more information.
We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.
| 09:00 | Automating Tasks with the Unix Shell |
| 10:30 | Morning break |
| 11:00 | Automating Tasks with the Unix Shell (Continued) |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 | Containers with Singularity |
| 14:50 | Wrap-up |
| 15:00 | END |
To participate in a Software Carpentry workshop, you will need access to the software described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.
We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.
Bash is a commonly-used shell that gives you the power to do simple tasks more quickly.
cmd and press [Enter])setx HOME "%USERPROFILE%"
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.exit then pressing [Enter]
The default shell in some versions of macOS is Bash, and
Bash is available in all versions, so no need to install anything.
You access Bash from the Terminal (found in
/Applications/Utilities).
See the Git installation video tutorial
for an example on how to open the Terminal.
You may want to keep Terminal in your dock for this workshop.
To see if your default shell is Bash type echo $SHELL in
Terminal and press the enter/return key. If the message printed does
not end with '/bash' then your default is something else and you can run
Bash by typing bash.
The default shell is usually Bash and there is usually no need to install anything.
To see if your default shell is Bash type echo $SHELL in
a terminal and press the enter/return key. If the message printed does
not end with '/bash' then your default is something else and you can run
Bash by typing bash.