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        "# The Unix Shell\n",
        "\n",
        "This course will have two parts. __Part I__ will discuss basic concepts such as \n",
        "\n",
        "* Introduction to the shell\n",
        "* Navigating the file system (pwd, ls, cd)\n",
        "* Moving files and directories (mv)\n",
        "* Copying files and directories (cp)\n",
        "* Deleting files and directories (rm)\n",
        "\n",
        "__Part II__ will have more advanced topics such as \n",
        "\n",
        "* Working with files and searches\n",
        "* Pipes\n",
        "* Shell Scripting"
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        "## __Part I__\n",
        "\n",
        "### 1) Introduction to Unix Shell\n",
        "\n",
        "Unix is a powerful operating system (OS) that is used around the world. There are many OS based on Unix such as BSD, Mac OS and Linux among many others. These OSs use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) which can give instructions to the OS through visualization and using menu-driven interactions through a computer mouse.\n",
        "\n",
        "The GUI allows an intuitive method for using a computer and can help with many tasks. However, when required to perform multiple analytic based the GUI does not work as well as the __Unix Shell__. The Unix Shell is a __Command-Line Interface__ and scripting language that can be accessed through a terminal. There are different types of CLIs\n",
        "\n",
        "* __Bash__ - Default for most Linux systems and what we will use for this tutorial\n",
        "* Zsh - Default for Mac OS (similar to Bash)\n",
        "* Csh\n",
        "* Bourne Shell\n",
        "\n",
        "The CLI is powerful as you can customize the interface as well as run various programs either locally or on remote servers through **S**ecure **SH**ell (SSH). \n"
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