Category Archives: Linux

Downloading masses of files, useful ftp commands

You have finished a sequencing project and now your sequencing facility is sending you lots of files! You’re eager to see your results. Your facility sends you a link with files displayed on a website. Now what are you supposed … Continue reading

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How to install linux software without root privileges

HPC cluster users rarely have root privileges for installing new software. Default location for installation is usually /usr/bin/, but our user directories are usually located somewhere else like /home/ljcohen/ or /mnt/home/ljcohen/. So, what are you supposed to do when you … Continue reading

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iPlant – Advanced workshop

“API for scalable science” – Matt Vaughn, John Fonner https://pods.iplantcollaborative.org/wiki/display/Events/2015+09+21+iPlant+Workshops+at+UC+Davis https://github.com/iPlantCollaborativeOpenSource/Advanced_iPlant slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RioNnjvL2qyRPQHSQ2-MG04m_LwNzf9gGqHwsSpCguM/edit?usp=sharing Install Docker (I’m running OSX. See other instructions for Linux and Windows, although there were challenges with Windows users in the workshop). Docker is solution to binaries and configurations, etc. specific … Continue reading

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NGS 2015 Week 3 – Docker Tutorial

Here at MSU’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station for the 3rd week of NGS 2015 workshop by Dr. C. Titus Brown from UC Davis and a wealth of superstar instructors. This week is intended for advanced bioinformatics users and alum of … Continue reading

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Length of a String

[17:05] cohenl06@phoenix2 ~ $ a=TGCGGTTATCCATCTGCTTATGGAAGCCAAGCATTGGGGATTGAGAAAGAGTAGAAATGCCACAAGCCTCAATAGCAGGTTTAAGAGCCTCGATACGCTCAAAGTCAAAATAATCAGCGTGACATTCAGAAGGGTAATAAGAACGAACCAA [17:05] cohenl06@phoenix2 ~ $ echo ${#a} 151

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