Computational Biology |
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| Author:
| Wünschiers, Röbbe |
| ISBN: | 978-3-540-21142-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $102.95 |
Book Description:
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A practical introduction to Unix/Linux and programming for biologists as well as for chemists and physicists who work in bioinformatics and biophysics. The goal is to learn about the power of the stream editor 'sed' and the programming languages 'awk' and 'perl' in order to extract or format information from various sources. The text has been written for beginners with no computational knowledge. Basic programming constructs are introduced and applied. With this book, the reader will...
More DescriptionA practical introduction to Unix/Linux and programming for biologists as well as for chemists and physicists who work in bioinformatics and biophysics. The goal is to learn about the power of the stream editor 'sed' and the programming languages 'awk' and 'perl' in order to extract or format information from various sources. The text has been written for beginners with no computational knowledge. Basic programming constructs are introduced and applied. With this book, the reader will be able to work in the Unix environment (BSD, Linux, Knoppix, MacOSX, CygWin) and write programs in order to format and analyze large data files.