Module: Introduction to the Shell

Meta-Information

• Module Maintainer: Lachlan Deer (@lachlandeer)
• Course: Programming Practices for Research in Economics
• Institute: Dept of Economics, Uni Zurich
• Current Version: Winter 2019 edition

Contents

This module aims to:

1. Understand the structure of your computer a bit better
2. Understand the usefulness of the shell
3. Complete basic tasks on your computer using the Shell
4. Know where to look up stuff

Building this repository

Run Snakemake from the ROOT directory of this repository

snakemake all

Build Help?

• Install snakemake:

pip install snakemake
# or OSX: brew install snakemake

• Snakemake Tutorial: click here
• Install pandoc: follow set up here
• pandoc help: click here

Want to Contribute?

• See the contributing guide here.
• By contributing you agree to abide by the Code of Conduct

Acknowledgements

• This module is designed after and borrows a lot from:
  • Effective Programming Practices for Economists, a course by Hans-Martin von Gaudecker
  • Software Carpentry's Unix Shell lesson
  • Data Science for Economists, a course by Grant McDermott

Suggested Citation

The suggested citation for this repository is:

Lachlan Deer & Julian Langer, 2019, Learning to Use the Shell: Moving Towards Text Based Computing, Programming Practices for Research in Economics, University of Zurich

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