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LPI Linux Certification/Customize And Use The Shell Environment
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Detailed Objectives
(LPIC-1 Version 5.0)
Weight: 4
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:
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source
/etc/bash.bashrc
/etc/profile
env
export
set
unset
~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login
~/.profile
~/.bashrc
~/.bash_logout
function
alias
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