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Customize and use the shell environment

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:

Configuration::/etc/profile

Command::env

Command::export

Command::set

Command::unset

Configuration::~/.bash_profile

Configuration::~/.bash_login

Configuration::~/.profile

Configuration::~/.bashrc

Configuration::~/.bash_logout

function

Command::alias

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