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title: 'First Time on a Supercomputer'
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description: 'Description The training covers the basic use case for a supercomputer. During this training, you will learn many useful Linux commands that will allow you to prepare and run a job on a Supercomputer. You will familiarize yourself with the Linux toolset to make your work on the supercomputer more c…'
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# First Time on a Supercomputer

## Table of content

- [Description](#description)
- [Date](#date)
- [Agenda](#agenda)
- [More information](#more-information)

## Description

The training covers the basic use case for a supercomputer. During this training, you will learn many useful Linux commands that will allow you to prepare and run a job on a Supercomputer. You will familiarize yourself with the Linux toolset to make your work on the supercomputer more convenient. The training covers basic Bash scripting. It does not provide an in-depth description on how to run a job on HPC. That is covered by [Running Calculations the HPC](https://www.cyfronet.pl/en/training/running-calculations-the-hpc-way-02-03) training provided at ACK Cyfronet AGH.

## Date

25 February 2026, 10:00 – 13:00 (CET) **Online**

## Agenda

- Environmental variables and storage spaces - learning distinct features of the supercomputer; variables, env vars, export, $HOME, $SCRATCH, $USER, $PLG\_GROUPS\_STORAGE.
- File permissions - understanding ownership of files; ls -l, chmod.
- Transferring files to and from the supercomputer - tar, scp.
- Running a job and viewing results - sbatch, find, grep, mc.
- Scripting in bash - for, sleep, date, seq, bc.

## More information

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