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	This page serves as an introduction to basic commands for managing your file system using Bash. Much of what is reviewed on this page is introduced as part of the computing course in Immigration to Statistics.

	This page serves as an introduction to basic commands for managing your file system using Bash. Much of what is reviewed on this page is introduced as part of the computing course in Immigration to Statistics.		This page serves as an introduction to basic commands for managing your file system using Bash. Much of what is reviewed on this page is introduced as part of the computing course in Immigration to Statistics.

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	'''Windows Users:''' Windows does not come with a native Bash terminal by default. To run these commands locally on your machine, you will need to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).<br><br>		'''Windows Users:''' Windows does not come with a native Bash terminal by default. To run these commands locally on your machine, you will need to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).<br><br>
	🔗 '''[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install~~\|Guide:~~ Installing WSL on Windows]'''		🔗 '''[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install Installing WSL on Windows]'''
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	While graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are intuitive, mastering the command line is an essential milestone for research. Transitioning to the terminal unlocks capabilities that are either impossible or heavily bottlenecked in a GUI:		While graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are intuitive, mastering the command line is an essential milestone for research. Transitioning to the terminal unlocks capabilities that are either impossible or heavily bottlenecked in a GUI:

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	'''High-Performance Computing (HPC):''' If your research scales up to training complex machine learning models on very large datasets, you will inevitably need to use a computing cluster. Most HPC environments and job schedulers (like Slurm) are headless and operate exclusively via the command line.		'''High-Performance Computing (HPC):''' If your research scales up to training complex machine learning models on very large datasets, you will inevitably need to use a computing cluster. Most HPC environments and job schedulers (like Slurm) are headless and operate exclusively via the command line.
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	'''Automation & Reproducibility:''' The terminal allows you to string together commands into executable scripts. Instead of manually clicking through a GUI to rename large trees of experiment configuration folders, you can automate structural reorganizations with a single command, saving hours and ensuring zero human error.		'''Automation & Reproducibility:''' The terminal allows you to string together commands into executable scripts. Instead of manually clicking through a GUI to rename large trees of experiment configuration folders, you can automate structural reorganizations with a single command, saving hours and ensuring zero human error.
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	'''Speed & Resource Efficiency:''' Navigating file systems, filtering text across massive datasets, and monitoring system processes is fundamentally faster in the terminal. It also avoids the heavy memory and processing overhead of a graphical interface, reserving your machine's computing power for actual analysis.		'''Speed & Resource Efficiency:''' Navigating file systems, filtering text across massive datasets, and monitoring system processes is fundamentally faster in the terminal. It also avoids the heavy memory and processing overhead of a graphical interface, reserving your machine's computing power for actual analysis.
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 == Using Bash on Windows and macOS ==

Ajshen: Ajshen moved page Basic Linux Commands to Command Line Basics: want to avoid impression that this is a linux users only page

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Ajshen moved page Basic Linux Commands to Command Line Basics: want to avoid impression that this is a linux users only page

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	'''Windows Users:''' Windows does not come with a native Bash terminal by default. To run these commands locally on your machine, you will need to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).<br><br>		'''Windows Users:''' Windows does not come with a native Bash terminal by default. To run these commands locally on your machine, you will need to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).<br><br>
	🔗 '''[https://~~example~~.com/wsl~~-installation-placeholder~~ Guide: Installing WSL on Windows]'''		🔗 '''[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install\|Guide: Installing WSL on Windows]'''
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