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LPIC-1 102 105.1 Customize and use the shell environment

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  • 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.

Terms and Utilities

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