BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260902T200810Z UID:ffa33a05-6bee-40ab-bffc-4a8e627279d8 DTSTART:20250902T090000Z DTEND:20250902T170000Z DESCRIPTION:# Overview\nWith a constant evolution of technologies\, life sc ientists (such as laboratory **biologists**) are faced with an increasing need for **bioinformatics skills** to deal with high-throughput data stora ge\, retrieval and analysis.\n\nAlthough several resources developed for s uch tasks have a graphical user interface\, many operations can be more ef ficiently handled with **command-line** programs and utilities.\n\nThis co urse provides an **introduction to using the Linux / UNIX** operating syst em via the **command line interface (CLI)**\, as well as an introduction t o the [Bash shell](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) and some of the Lin ux / UNIX **core utilities** commands.\n\nMore specifically\, the course c overs the following topics:\n\nWhat is Linux / UNIX and why use it?\nNavig ating the file system.\nShell expansions: brace\, tilde\, and filename exp ansion.\nFile and directory management: create\, move\, copy\, delete.\nFi le access permissions and ownership.\nLocating files: the find command.\nD isplaying file content.\nArchiving and compressing data.\nStandard input/o utput and pipes.\nText processing utilities: wc\, tr\, sort\, uniq\, cut\, diff\, cat\, paste.\nIntroduction to grep and regular expressions.\n\n# A udience\nThis course is addressed to beginners wanting to become familiar with the Linux / UNIX environment\, its basic commands\, and the Bash shel l.\n\n# Learning objectives\nAt the end of the course you should:\n* Be ab le to execute most of the basic Linux / UNIX commands.\n* Be able to build simple pipelines by combining different UNIX commands.\n* Be sufficiently skilled for further courses requiring basics of Linux / UNIX\, like HPC o r NGS courses.\n\n\n# Prerequisites\n**Knowledge / competencies**\n\nThis is a course for beginners\, no background in Linux / UNIX or any programmi ng language is required.\n\n**Technical**\n\nA laptop with a command line terminal and a relatively recent version of Bash (>\;= 4.0).\n\n# Applic ation\n\nRegistration fees are **100 CHF** for academics and **500 CHF** f or for-profit companies.\n\nDeadline for registration and free-of-charge c ancellation is set to *25/08/2025*. Cancellation after this date will not be reimbursed. Please note that participation to SIB courses is subject to our [general conditions](https://www.sib.swiss/training/terms-and-conditi ons).\n\nYou will be informed by email of your registration confirmation.\ n\n # Venue and time\nThe course will be held online. It will start at 9:0 0 CET and end around 17:00 CET. The participants will get detailed informa tion before the course.\n\n# Additional information\nCoordination: Grégo ire Rossier - SIB Training Group\n\nWe will recommend 0.25 ECTS credits fo r this course (given a passed exam at the end of the course).\n\nYou are w elcome to register to the SIB courses mailing list to be informed of all f uture courses and workshops\, as well as all important deadlines using the form [here](https://lists.sib.swiss/mailman/listinfo/courses).\n\nSIB abi des by the [ELIXIR Code of Conduct](https://elixir-europe.org/events/code- of-conduct). Participants of SIB courses are also required to abide by the same code.\n\nFor more information\, please contact [training@sib.swiss]( mailto:training@sib.swiss). SUMMARY:First Steps with UNIX in Life Sciences URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20250902_FSWU END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR