Customize and use the shell environment

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Description: Candidates should be able to customize shell environments to meet users’ needs.
Candidates should be able to modify global and user profiles.

Key Knowledge Areas

◈ Set environment variables (e.g. PATH) at login or when spawning a new shell.
◈ Write BASH functions for frequently used sequences of commands.
◈ Maintain skeleton directories for new user accounts.
◈ Set command search path with the proper directory.

Terms and Utilities

◈ /etc/profile
◈ env
◈ export
◈ set
◈ unset
◈ ~/.bash_profile
◈ ~/.bash_login
◈ ~/.profile
◈ ~/.bashrc
◈ ~/.bash_logout
◈ function
◈ alias


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