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TACC storage areas and Linux commands to access data
(all commands to be executed at TACC except
laptop-to-TACC copies, which must be executed on your laptop)

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Local file systems

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  • $STOCKYARD - This refers to the root of your shared Work area
    • e.g. /work/01063/abattenh  (should be changed to /work2/01063/abattenh soon)
  • $WORK or $WORK2 - Refers to a sub-directory of the shared Work area that is different for different clusters, e.g.:
    • /work/01063/abattenh/lonestar on ls5
    • /workwork2/01063/abattenh/stampede2 on stampede2

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corral is a gigantic (multiple PB) storage system (spinning disk) where researchers can store data. UT researchers may request up to 5 TB of corral storage through the normal TACC allocation request process. Additional space on corral can be rented for ~$80/TB/year.The UT/Austin BioInformatics Team also has an older, common directory area on corral.

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ls /corral-repl/utexas/BioITeam

A couple of things to keep in mind regarding corral:

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Code Block
languagebash
titleGet ready to wget
mkdir -p $WORK2$SCRATCH/archive/original/2021.core_ngs
cd $WORK2$SCRATCH/archive/original/2021.core_ngs
wget

Here are two web links:

Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac) on the 1st link in your browser, then select "Copy link location" from the menu. Now go back to your Terminal. Put your cursor after the space following the wget command then either right-click (Windows), or Paste (Command-V on Mac, Control-V on Windows). The command line to be executed should now look like this:

Code Block
languagebash
titlewget to retrieve a web URL
wget http://web.corral.tacc.utexas.edu/BioITeamBioinformaticsResource/CoreNGS/yeast_stuff/Sample_Yeast_L005_R1.cat.fastq.gz

Now press Enter to get the command going. Repeat for the 2nd link. Check that you now see the two files (ls).

Tip

By default wget creates a file in the current directory matching the last component of the URL (e.g. Sample_Yeast_L005_R1.cat.fastq.gz here). You can change the copied file name with wget's -O option.

Also note that if you execute the same wget more than once, subsequent local files will be named with a .1, .2, etc. suffix.

Copy from a corral location - cp or rsync

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cp [options] <source file 1> <source file 2> ... <destination directory>/

Make a directory in your scratch Scratcharea and copy a single file to it. The trailing slash ( / ) on the destination says it the destination is a directory.

Code Block
languagebash
titleSingle file copy with cp
mkdir -p $SCRATCH/data/test1
cp $CORENGS/misc/small.fq  $SCRATCH/data/test1/
ls $SCRATCH/data/test1

# or..
mkdir -p ~/scratch/data/test1
cd ~/scratch/data/test1
cp $CORENGS/misc/small.fq  .
ls

Copy an entire directory to your scratch Scratch area. The -r argument option says "recursive".

Code Block
languagebash
titleDirectory copy with cp
mkdir -p $SCRATCH/data
cds
cd data
cp -r $CORENGS/general/ general/

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Both the source and target directories are local (in some file system accessible directly from ls5 stampede2). Either full or relative path syntax can be used for both. The -avP avW options above stand for:

  • -a means "archive mode", which implies the following options (and a few others)
    • -p – preserve file permissions
    • -t – preserve file times
    • -l – copy symbolic links as links
    • -r – recursively copy sub-directories
  • -v means verbose
  • -W means transfer Whole file only
    • Normally the rsync algorithm compares the contents of files that need to be copied and only transfers the different parts.
    • For large files and binary files, figuring out what has changed (diff-ing) can take more time than just copying the whole file.
    • The -W option disables file content comparisons (skips diff-ing).

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Code Block
languagebash
titlersync (local directory)
mkdir -p $SCRATCH/data
cds
rsync -avWPavW $CORENGS/custom_tracks/ data/custom_tracks/

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Code Block
languagebash
rsync -avWPavW /work/projects/BioITeam/projects/courses/Core_NGS_Tools/custom_tracks/ data/custom_tracks/
Tip

The bash shell has several convenient line editing features:

  • use the Up arrow to scroll back through the command line history; Down arrow goes forward
  • use Ctrl-a to move the cursor to the beginning of a line; Ctrl-e to the end
  • use Backspace to remove text before the cursor; Delete to remove text after the cursor
  • use Ctrl-a and then Ctrl-k to delete all text on your command line

Copy from a remote computer - scp or rsync

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Code Block
titlesingle remote file copy with scp
mkdir -p $SCRATCH/data/test1
cds
cat $CORENGS/tacc/dragonfly_access.txt
cds
mkdir -p data/test2
scp corengstools@dragonfly.icmb.utexas.edu:~/custom_tracks/progeria_ctcf.vcf.gz ./data/test1test2/
ls ./data/test1test2

Notes:

  • The 1st time you access a new host the SSH security prompt will appear
  • You will be prompted for your remote host password
  • The  -r recursive argument works for scp also, just like for cp

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Code Block
languagebash
titlersync (remote directory)
rsync -avWPavW corengstools@dragonfly.icmb.utexas.edu:~/custom_tracks/ ~/scratch/data/custom_tracks/

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Code Block
titlePlay a scavenger hunt for more practice
cd
cp -r /workwork2/projects/BioITeam/projects/courses/Core_NGS_Tools/linuxpractice/what what
# or using the $CORENGS environment variable
cp -r $CORENGS/linuxpractice/what what
cd what
cat readme

Where are you when you're all done?

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titleAnswer

ls5stamp2:~/what/starts/here/changes/the/world

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titleStep 1 answer

From inside your ~/what directory:

Code Block
titlePlay a scavenger hunt for more practice
mkdir starts
cd starts
cp /workwork2/projects/BioITeam/projects/courses/Core_NGS_Tools/linuxpractice/steps/nextInstr .
cat nextInst
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titleStep 2 answer

From inside your ~/what/starts directory:

Code Block
titlePlay a scavenger hunt for more practice
mkdir here
cd here
wget http://web.corral.tacc.utexas.edu/BioITeamBioinformaticsResource/CoreNGS/step3.txt
cat step3.txt
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titleStep 3 answer

From inside your ~/what/starts/here directory:

Code Block
titlePlay a scavenger hunt for more practice
scp -r /workwork2/projects/BioITeam/projects/courses/Core_NGS_Tools/linuxpractice/changes/ changes/
# or
rsync -ptrvP /workwork2/projects/BioITeam/projects/courses/Core_NGS_Tools/linuxpractice/changes/ changes/
# Note: rsync -avP ... will also work, but will report an error because the destination file and
# directory ownership cannot be changed to match the source. But the files will be copied, and
# ownership assigned to you.
 
# Then
cd changes 
more largeFile.txt

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