Chapter 10: Configuring and working with the shells

Table of contents

• Chapter 10: Configuring and working with the shells
  • What is a shell?
  • What the different shells are for
    • Identifying your login shell
    • What happens when you log in
  • Understanding variables
    • Setting shell variables
    • Setting environment variables
    • Exporting variables to the environment
    • A sample login script
    • Resetting the environment
  • Some features to make life easier
    • Making your prompt tell you where you are
    • Adding a logout script
    • Recalling and editing previous commands
  • Using aliases
    • How aliases are executed
  • How the shell works
    • How the shell executes commands