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If your Windows version does not have ssh in Command Prompt or PowerShell:

• Download the free PuTTY suite of remote access tools, which includes a nice Terminal program: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html.
  • Either the Putty installer or just putty.exe (Terminal) and pscp.exe (secure copy client)

More advanced options for those who want a full Linux environment on their Windows system:

• Windows Subsystem for Linux – Windows 10 Professional includes a Ubuntu-like bash shells
  • See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
  • We recommend the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but any Linux distribution will have an SSH client
• Cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com/)
  • Includes an X-Windows server and an X11-enabled XTerm that can be installed

cd  # makes your Home directory the "current directory"
ln -s -f $SCRATCH scratch
ln -s -f $WORK work
ln -sf /work/projects/BioITeam/projects/courses/Core_NGS_Tools CoreNGS

ls    # you'll see the 3 symbolic links you just created
ls -l # and this shows where the links point to

cd
laun  # hit Tab once after typing "laun"
      # This will expand to launcher_creator.py

Here's a little command line trick to list the directories on your $PATH on separate lines, using the sed (string editor) program:

echo $PATH | sed 's/:/\n/g'

sed's string substitution pattern 's/:/\n/g' says to substitute all occurrences (the last g = global modifier) of the colon character : with the "character" \n, which is a newline.