Coffee and Code: The Command Line - An Introduction

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https://github.com/unmrds/cc-command-line/blob/master/Command-Line-Intro.ipynb
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Graphical user interfaces are fast, often more than fast enough to suit our needs. GUIs are feature rich, can be intuitive, and often filter out a lot of stuff we don't need to know about and aren't interested in. Nearly everything we need to do can be done simply and quickly using a GUI.

The command line is a great resource for speeding up and automating routine activities without using a lot of processing power. In some cases, it can be better for:

  • Searching for files
  • Searching within files
  • Reading and writing files and data
  • Network activities

Some file and data recovery processes can only be executed from the command line.

Plus:

  • The command line is old fashioned
  • Potential efficiency gains take time to manifest
  • Even Neal Stephenson says it's obsolete
Authoring Person(s) Name: 
Karl Benedict
Authoring Organization(s) Name: 
University of New Mexico Research Data Services
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International - CC BY 4.0
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No fee
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English
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Data cleaning
Data coding
Data formats
Data handling
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Created: 
Friday, August 11, 2017
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University of New Mexico Research Data Services
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Last updated February, 2019
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Contact Person(s): 
Karl Benedict
Contact Organization(s): 
University of New Mexico Research Data Services
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More than 1 hour (but less than 1 day)