AWS/UNIX primer info

The UNIX exercises here are modified versions of the Software Carpentry Unix shell lesson. Licensed under CC-BY 4.0 2018–2021 by The Carpentries.

Data download

We will be using Amazon Web Services for the primer session. If you are not able to attend this session live, you can download the data we used here:

You will need a UNIX environment (like a Linux/Mac computer or Windows Subsystem for Linux) to work through the material.

Schedule

Microbial Genomics & Pathogen Genomic Epidemiology AWS/UNIX pre-session 2025: Thursday, November 13, 2025

(ET) Module
11:00 Welcome Introduction
11:10 Module 1: Logging into AWS
12:10 Short Break
12:15 Module 2: Introduction to the UNIX Command Line
12:35 Module 3: File Manipulation
13:05 Long Break
14:05 Module 4: Searching and Sorting Through Files
15:00 Short Break
15:05 Module 5: Shell scripts
16:00 Finished