TP 1: Connecting to the plateform

Goal : Appropriating user concepts as well as tree structure.

SelfService interface

Question

Consulting the SelfService interface to obtain information about your user account and/or change password.

Solution

All it takes is going to https://selfservice.bioinfo.genotoul.fr

Connect to Linux

Open a Linux connexion on the genotoul plateform

WindowsLinux/OS X

Please consult the corresponding help page

By replacing <username> with your actual login, type in a terminal:

ssh -X <username>@genobioinfo.toulouse.inrae.fr

and enter your password afterwards

Who is here?

We are on a shared server between multiple users. Its can be verified via command line.

Question

Who else is connected simultaneously with you on the server ?

Solution

who

Where am I ?

Question

Once connected, where are you located within folder structure?

Solution

pwd/home/<username>

Read The Manual

Question

Display help for the command ls

Solution

man ls

Use Q key to exit help

My files

Question

List the content of your 'home directory', including hidden files. How many files do you have?

Solution

ls -a

Our tools

Question

List all bioinformatics programs installed into /usr/local/bioinfo/src

Solution

ls /usr/local/bioinfo/src

Our data banks

Question

List the set of data banks indexed for blast (/bank/blastdb)?

Solution

ls /bank/blastdb

/home content

Question

From your home directory, go to parent directory by using a relative path.

List this directory content.

Solution

# We are in our home directorypwd/home/<username># We go to the parent directory (i.e. /home)cd ..pwd/home# We look at other users' homels

Go home

Question

Go back to your home folder

Solution

cd

My command history

Question

List commands you run during this practice. Run again an old command (!command_number)

Solution

history