The Shell Game

• Launch Finder
• Open the /Applications/Utilities folder
• Double click Terminal

• Launch Launchpad
• Type Terminal
• Double click Terminal

Congratulations!

• You've just run your first Unix program
• bash - GNU Bourne-Again SHell
• (ok, technically run for you at login)

The Prompt

• [kevshaw@bioinfo ~]$
• [username@host "working directory"]prompt
• Who you are
• What machine you're using
• Where you are in the file system (~ = home directory)
• You'll see $ (not #)

ls

• ls - list directory contents
• Exploring the file system

Options (flags)—Have it Your Way

• -a, --all — all
• -f — file (or force)
• -q | -s — quiet or silent
• -r — recurse
• -v — verbose