An introduction to the Unix shell for people who have never used the command line before. Please see https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/ for a rendered version of this material, the lesson template documentation for instructions on formatting, building, and submitting material.

• Gerard Capes
• Jacob Deppen
• Benson Muite

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