The Unix shell is a powerful tool that allows users to perform complex tasks, such as making a series of changes to a large number of images or text files, often with just a few keystrokes or lines of code. It helps users automate repetitive tasks and easily combine smaller tasks into larger, more powerful workflows. Use of the command line is often required to interact with High Performance Computing services such as those offered by NeSI, and it is used extensively in the the data manipulation workflows in some disciplines. This workshop will introduce you to this powerful tool so that you can apply it to your research work. The target audience is learners who have little to no prior computational experience, and the instructors prioritise creating a friendly environment to build confidence in research computing. Even those with some experience will benefit, as the goal is to create automated and reproducible workflows. For instance, after attending this workshop you will be able to navigate the filesystem, manipulate files, change the behaviour of commands with options and arguments, write scripts to perform actions on many files at once.
