LPI Linux Certification/Customize And Use The Shell Environment
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Detailed Objectives
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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.
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
.
source
/etc/bash.bashrc
/etc/profile
env
export
set
unset
~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login
~/.profile
~/.bashrc
~/.bash_logout
function
alias