Unix Survival Guide

Abstract Most bioinformatics software has been designed to run on Linux and other Unix‐like systems. Unix is different from most desktop operating systems because it makes extensive use of a text‐only command‐line interface. It can be a challenge to become familiar with the command line, but once a person becomes used to it, there are significant rewards, such as the ability to string a commonly used series of commands together with a script. This appendix will get you started with the command line and other Unix essentials. © 2015 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.