BIOinfo_Bootcamp_Quiz1

You are currently in the directory /home/student/project/. You want to move to /home/student/data/. What command would you use? Type the entire syntax.

Answer explanation

To move from /home/student/project/ to /home/student/data/, use the command 'cd /home/student/data/'. This changes the current directory to the specified path.

You want to create an empty file named "sequences.fasta" in your "CLI_Intro_Quiz" directory, and then verify it was created. Provide the two commands you would use. Type the entire syntax.

Answer explanation

To create an empty file named 'sequences.fasta', use the command 'touch sequences.fasta'. To verify its creation, use 'ls -l sequences.fasta' to list the file details.

You can also use nano. We will go over this in class.

You have a FASTA file named genes.fasta. How many sequences are there in "genes.fasta"?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Answer explanation

grep -c ">" genes.fasta

You need to find all occurrences of the word "bacteria" (case insensitive) in a text file named "microbes.txt" and display the matching lines with their line numbers. How many instances of "bacteria" are in the file? What line numbers are they on? And finally, what command would you use? Type the entire syntax.

Answer explanation

4 instances of "bacteria" on lines 1, 2, 3, and 4.

grep -ni bacteria microbes.txt 

In the CLI_Intro_Quiz directory, there are multiple .txt files. Please list all of the text files in your answer. I also want to know the number of lines in each file.

Answer explanation

microbes.txt-4

species_list.txt-6

How many lines are in data1.csv?

• 4

• 6

• 7

• 3

• 8

Answer explanation

wc -l data1.csv

Please fill in the blank as if we are trying to make a new directory in the CLI_Intro_Quiz folder named "results"

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(base) rachelhoward@MacBook-Pro-8 CLI_Intro_Quiz % __________ results

What command and syntax would I use to move the "data1.csv" into my new "results" directory, AND rename it "experiment_results.csv"?

Answer explanation

mv data1.csv results/experiment_results.csv

What are the header columns for the file "experiment_results.csv"? Type the entire command/syntax you used to find the answer.

Answer explanation

ID, Value, Category

head -1 ~/CLI_Intro_Quiz/results/experiment_results.csv

I want to make a copy of the experiment_results.csv file for the "CLI_Intro_Quiz" directory. What command/syntax would I use?

Answer explanation

cp ~/CLI_Intro_Quiz/results/experiment_results.csv ~/CLI_Intro_Quiz