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Customizing your environment

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
    Modifying the shell environment
    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
        Korn shell history editing
        C shell history editing

Using aliases
    How aliases are executed

How the shell works
    How the shell executes commands