diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/beyond_the_basics.md b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/beyond_the_basics.md index 6a560f0141d..ca3f916a8be 100644 --- a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/beyond_the_basics.md +++ b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/beyond_the_basics.md @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ the limits that have been set, use: ## Counting: `wc` -To count the number of lines, words, and characters (or bytes) in a file, use `wc` (**w**ord ount): +To count the number of lines, words, and characters (or bytes) in a file, use `wc` (**w**ord **c**ount):
$ wc example.txt
90 468 3189 example.txt
diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/common_pitfalls.md b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/common_pitfalls.md
index 34928e3f648..6dd0a8dccd5 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/common_pitfalls.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/common_pitfalls.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $ cat "some file"
...
-This is especially error prone if you are piping results of `find`:
+This is especially error-prone if you are piping results of `find`:
$ find . -type f | xargs cat
No such file or directory name ’some’
No such file or directory name ’file’
diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/index.md b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/index.md
index 5ee9ef1b1f5..f59fc203119 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/index.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/index.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ For more information see [introduction to HPC](../introduction.md).
The guide aims to make you familiar with the Linux command line environment quickly.
-The tutorial goes though the following steps:
+The tutorial goes through the following steps:
1. [Getting Started](getting_started.md)
2. [Navigating](navigating.md)
diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/manipulating_files_and_directories.md b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/manipulating_files_and_directories.md
index 5744475cfc9..627bf9e9ef7 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/manipulating_files_and_directories.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/manipulating_files_and_directories.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ lost forever, there are no backups, so beware when using this command!
#### Removing a directory: "rmdir"
You can remove directories using `rm -r directory`, however, this is
-error prone and can ruin your day if you make a mistake in typing. To
+error-prone and can ruin your day if you make a mistake in typing. To
prevent this type of error, you can remove the contents of a directory
using `rm` and then finally removing the directory with:
$ rmdir directory
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ The permission types are:
file
2. Write - For files, this gives permission to write data to the file.
- For directories it allows users to add or remove files to a
+ For directories, it allows users to add or remove files to a
directory.
3. Execute - For files this gives permission to execute a file as
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ total 1
drwxrwx---. 2 vsc40000 mygroup 40 Apr 12 15:00 Project_GoldenDragon
-The syntax used here is `g+x` which means roup was given rite
+The syntax used here is `g+x` which means group was given write
permission. To revoke it again, we use `g-w`. The other roles are `u`
for user and `o` for other.
diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/navigating.md b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/navigating.md
index 3014f3ef0f1..bd882acafbb 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/navigating.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/navigating.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Listing files and directories: "ls"
A very basic and commonly used command is `ls`, which can be used to
list files and directories.
-In it's basic usage, it just prints the names of files and directories
+In its basic usage, it just prints the names of files and directories
in the current directory. For example:
$ ls
afile.txt some_directory
diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/uploading_files.md b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/uploading_files.md
index ac9eed4fd57..5df09b24f32 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/uploading_files.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/HPC/linux-tutorial/uploading_files.md
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ about what's going on).
To copy large files using `rsync`, you can use the `-P` flag: it enables
both showing of progress and resuming partially downloaded files.
-To copy files from the to your local computer, you can also use `rsync`:
+To copy files to your local computer, you can also use `rsync`:
$ rsync -rzv vsc40000@login.hpc.ugent.be:data/bioset local_folder
-This will copy the folder `bioset` and its contents that on `$VSC_DATA`
-of the to a local folder named `local_folder`.
+This will copy the folder `bioset` and its contents on `$VSC_DATA`
+to a local folder named `local_folder`.
See `man rsync` or for more
information about rsync.