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.

Current Maintainers

• Benson Muite
• Ahmed Unshur
• Pariksheet Nanda

Maintainers Alumni

• Gerard Capes
• Jacob Deppen

If you would like to contribute to the development of the lesson, you can find details in our CONTRIBUTING guide. Contributions can come in many different forms: typo and formatting fixes, additions or subtractions of content, suggestions, clarifications, and more.