Crash Course

$ whoami
$ date
$ date +%T
$ date +$Y
$ cal
$ emacs -nw -f tetris
up arrow rotates
left right arrows move
quit: ctrl-x, ctrl-c
to quit: hold control and x then hold control and c
$ clear
$ history

$ echo Science!
Science!
$ echo "Your username is $USER"
Your username is dff2106
$ echo $HOSTNAME
banana
$ echo $OSTYPE
solaris2.7
$ printenv

$ myname="David"
$ echo $myname
David
$ echo "My name is $myname"
My name is David

$ echo 2 + 3
2 + 3
$ echo $((2 + 3))
5
$ mynumber=72
$ echo mynumber
mynumber
$ echo $mynumber
72
$ echo $mynumber / 9
72 / 9
$ echo $((mynumber / 9))
8

$ {
> echo "Welcome to the countdown."
> now=$(date +%T)
> echo "The time is now $now"
> echo "Hit return to ignite."
> read
> echo 3
> echo 2
> echo 1
> echo Blastoff!
> }

$ ed
a
echo "Hi, what is your name?"
read name
echo "Hi $name I am $HOSTNAME"
echo "What year were you born?"
read year
now=$(date +%Y)
age=$((now - year))
echo "Ah, $year, that was a good year."
echo "So that makes you $age years old."
.
wq myfirstcode
$ bash myfirstcode

$ telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Watch star wars!!
to quit: ctrl-] then type 'quit'
Here we will write a simple code in with ed editor.
Maybe use curl on some data
google supernova data filetype:txt for inspiration
http://supernova.lbl.gov/Union/figures/SCPUnion2_mu_vs_z.txt
OR GET SDSS DATA
example: http://dr9.sdss3.org/spectrumDetail?plateid=1646&mjd=53498&fiber=41
head tail cat
more less
ed
grep
awk $2 $5

$ echo $HOME
/u/10/j/jf2663
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
bash is not only program but also an interactive shell to your computer!
$ pwd
$ ls

$ ssh [email protected]
$ lookup Bollinger