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The Linux terminal for health researchers in a hurry

Find a file, read a dataset, and run a script on a Linux server. Eight short lessons for people who already have a login and need to get to the data.

How to take it

On this site, one lesson at a time

1. Read a lesson, then watch the next

Lessons alternate between a reading and a short video. A free account is required. The lesson stays on brti.co.zw, so it can be read on a phone and printed with your certificate.

2. Practice, then use your server

Each lesson has a short practice line for the example study folder. It runs in your browser. When the files belong to your own study, run the same commands on the server you use for that work.

3. Pass the check, then print the certificate

Each lesson ends with one question. After all 8 are passed, the certificate includes a QR code. Scanning it confirms the name and the course with BRTI.

Lessons

About 45 minutes. You can reread any lesson. The certificate waits until every check is passed.

  1. 1 The prompt 5 min
  2. 2 Move around Video
  3. 3 Read a file 6 min
  4. 4 Folders and copies Video
  5. 5 Find a file 6 min
  6. 6 Permission denied Video
  7. 7 Keep the output 6 min
  8. 8 Shared-server habits Video