Chapter 5Topic 105: Shells and Shell Scripting

THE FOLLOWING EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • images  105.1 Customize and use the shell environment.
    • 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
  •   105.2 ...

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