Sunday, May 12, 2013

Some important linux commands, a bioinformatician must know

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### Some important linux commands, a bioinformatician must know ### head # to see first few lines of a file tail # to see last few lines of a file grep # to search file(s) for lines that match a pattern cut # to get few character columns of a file awk # I use this to extract columns of a tabular file sort # sort files with number or text uniq # uniquify files wc # print byte, word, and line count tr # translate, sqeeze, and/or delete character fold # to make all lines with fixed width like fatsa format ### for more info use man command ###