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  • Connecting to Oscar
    • SSH (Terminal)
      • SSH Key Login (Passwordless SSH)
        • Mac/Linux/Windows(PowerShell)
        • Windows(PuTTY)
      • SSH Configuration File
      • X-Forwarding
      • SSH Agent Forwarding
        • Mac/Linux
        • Windows (PuTTY)
      • Arbiter2
    • Open OnDemand
      • Using File Explorer on OOD
      • Web-based Terminal App
      • Interactive Apps on OOD
      • Using Python or Conda environments in the Jupyter App
      • Using RStudio
      • Desktop App (VNC)
    • SMB (Local Mount)
    • Remote IDE (VS Code)
      • From Non-compliant Networks (2-FA)
      • Setup virtual environment and debugger
  • Managing files
    • Oscar's Filesystem
    • Transferring Files to and from Oscar
    • Transferring Files between Oscar and Campus File Storage (Replicated and Non-Replicated)
    • Resolving quota issues
      • Understanding Disk Quotas
    • Inspecting Disk Usage (Ncdu)
    • Restoring Deleted Files
    • Best Practices for I/O
    • Version Control
  • Submitting jobs
    • Running Jobs
    • Slurm Partitions
    • Interactive Jobs
    • Batch Jobs
    • Managing Jobs
    • Job Arrays
    • MPI Jobs
    • Condo/Priority Jobs
    • Dependent Jobs
    • Associations & Quality of Service (QOS)
  • GPU Computing
    • GPUs on Oscar
      • Grace Hopper GH200 GPUs
      • H100 NVL Tensor Core GPUs
      • Ampere Architecture GPUs
    • Submitting GPU Jobs
    • Intro to CUDA
    • Compiling CUDA
    • Installing Frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Jax)
      • Installing JAX
      • Installing TensorFlow
    • Mixing MPI and CUDA
  • Large Memory Computing
    • Large Memory Nodes on Oscar
  • Software
    • Software on Oscar
    • Using Modules
    • Migration of MPI Apps to Slurm 22.05.7
    • Python on Oscar
    • Python in batch jobs
    • Installing Python Packages
    • Installing R Packages
    • Using CCMake
    • Intro to Parallel Programming
    • Anaconda
    • Conda and Mamba
    • DMTCP
    • Screen
    • VASP
    • Gaussian
    • IDL
    • MPI4PY
  • Jupyter Notebooks/Labs
    • Jupyter Notebooks on Oscar
    • Jupyter Labs on Oscar
    • Tunneling into Jupyter with Windows
  • Debugging
    • Arm Forge
      • Configuring Remote Launch
      • Setting Job Submission Settings
  • MATLAB
    • Matlab GUI
    • Matlab Batch Jobs
    • Improving Performance and Memory Management
    • Parallel Matlab
  • Visualization 🕶
    • ParaView Remote Rendering
  • Singularity Containers
    • Intro to Apptainer
    • Building Images
    • Running Images
    • Accessing Oscar Filesystem
      • Example Container (TensorFlow)
    • Singularity Tips and Tricks
  • Installing Software Packages Locally
    • Installing your own version of Quantum Espresso
    • Installing your own version of Qmcpack
  • dbGaP
    • dbGaP Architecture
    • dbGaP Data Transfers
    • dbGaP Job Submission
  • RHEL9 Migration
    • RHEL-9 Migration
    • LMOD - New Module System
    • Module Changes
    • Testing Jupyter Notebooks on RHEL9 mini-cluster
  • Large Language Models
    • Ollama
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  1. Quick Reference

Common Linux Commands

cd

Moves the user into the specified directory. Change Directory.

cd .. to move one directory up

cd by itself to move to home directory

cd - to move to previous directory

cd <directory-path> to move to a directory (can be an absolute path or relative path)

cp <old_filepath> <new directory path>

Copies the file into the specified directory

clear

Clears the terminal

cat <filename>

Lists the contents of a file. Concatenate files.

ls

List contents within the current directory

grep <string_to_match> <filename>

pwd

Displays the path of the current directory that you are in. Present Working Directory

man <command>

Displays the help manual instruction for the given command

mv <file_name> <new_directory>

Moves a file into a new directory.

mv <old_file_name> <new_file_name> to rename a file

mkdir <directory_name>

Creates a new directory

rm <file_name>

Deletes a file

rm -r <directory_name>

Deletes directories and the contents within them. -r stands for recursive

rmdir <directory_name>

Removes the specified directory (must be empty)

touch

Creates a blank new file

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