ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author introduces the people to the Unix way of thinking using an example: how to keep a data analysis project organized. There are many reference books as well. Bite Size Linux and Bite Size Command Line are two particularly clear, succinct, and complete examples. When searching for Unix resources, keep in mind that other terms used to describe what the people will learn are Linux, the shell and the command line. To serve as motivation, the people are going to start constructing a directory using Unix tools and RStudio. Instead of clicking, dragging, and dropping to organize the people files and folders, they will be typing Unix commands into the terminal. The concept of a current location is part of the point-and-click experience: at any given moment the people are in a folder and see the content of that folder.
