To-do Tasks

Looking for tutorials on how to use Unix or the command line? Check out the  Command Line Guide  for a very basic intro, " The Art of the Command Line " for a quick summary, or the  Software Carpentry  resources for a more involved tutorial.

Local Machine

Install Anaconda on your local machine so you always have it available, as described in  🛠️⁠⁠Python Setup⁠ .
If you are on Windows:
Install a terminal emulator as described in  🪟⁠⁠Windows Notes⁠ 
Install  WinSCP  for easy file transfers.

Princeton Compute Clusters

Log into Tiger as described in  🔑⁠⁠Cluster Access⁠ .
If you haven't already done so, follow the instructions in  😴⁠⁠Removing Tedium⁠  to make your life easier
Get a custom Python environment set up on the remote machine so you always have it available, as described in  🛠️⁠⁠Python Setup⁠ .
For Tiger or Della, make a dedicated folder in the shared ROSENGROUP scratch directory, swapping out <NetID> for your NetID.

mkdir /scratch/gpfs/ROSENGROUP/<NetID>

Change the permissions on the directory so nobody can write to it except you.

chmod 2750 /scratch/gpfs/ROSENGROUP/<NetID>

Optionally add the following to your ~/.bashrc file. This will define a convenient shortcut for $SCRATCH

# Define environment variables (e.g. $SCRATCH)
export SCRATCH=/scratch/gpfs/ROSENGROUP/<NetID>

Run source ~/.bashrc (note: anytime you source your ~/.bashrc your Conda environment will be set back to the base one)