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Useful websites with Unix commands

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Useful websites with Unix commands

Here are some useful websites with Unix commands

Please add (or suggest) your favourite website!

###The basics

An A-Z Index of the Bash command line for Unix. All the commands with a little extra information.
http://www.ss64.com/bash/

Unix/Linux Command Cheat Sheet (print out and hang next to your screen)
http://fosswire.com/post/2007/08/unixlinux-command-cheat-sheet/

Have your shell command explained:
http://explainshell.com/

A Bioinformatician's UNIX Toolbox
http://lh3lh3.users.sourceforge.net/biounix.shtml

Bioinformatics one-liners
https://github.com/stephenturner/oneliners

UNIX tips: Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-badunixhabits.html#one

A linux command line reference for common operations:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html

Learning unix

Learning unix, material from Software Carpentry:
http://software-carpentry.org/v4/shell/index.html

Other useful material from Software Carpentry:
http://software-carpentry.org/v4/index.html

Useful tutorials from 'The Geek Stuff'
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/best-of-the-blog/

###Tricks and more

Generate your .bashrc PS1 prompt easily with a drag and drop interface
http://bashrcgenerator.com/

Cheat sheet for one-based vs zero-based coordinate systems
http://www.biostars.org/p/84686/

Bash Shortcuts For Maximum Productivity
http://www.skorks.com/2009/09/bash-shortcuts-for-maximum-productivity/

Using Make for reproducible scientific analyses
http://www.bendmorris.com/2013/09/using-make-for-reproducible-scientific.html

###More advanced

Testing exit values in Bash
http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/testing-exit-values-bash/

Bash process substitution
http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/bash-process-substitution/