Linux Basics

New users will not have much or any prior experience interacting with computers at the command line, but it is an essential skill in data analysis. Be confident, countless people have mastered it.

Unsurprisingly, the internet has abundant guides to the essentials about Linux file systems and commands:

• https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+file+system+basics

• https://www.google.com/search?q=basic+linux+commands

Please use the tabs at the left to see our version of Linux basics that we know to be important to using the MDI’s tools.

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Table of contents

• File System
• Shell Commands
• Command List
• Environment Variables
• Inputs and Outputs
• Shell Scripts
• EXERCISE

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