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Learn Linux Shell Scripting - Fundamentals of Bash 4.4
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Learn Linux Shell Scripting - Fundamentals of Bash 4.4

by Sebastiaan Tammer
December 2018
Beginner
452 pages
12h 17m
English
Packt Publishing
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Normally, when you login to a Linux system, you are given a login shell. A login shell is a fully interactive shell that does some cool stuff for you: it sets the PS1 variable (which determines how your prompt looks), correctly sets your PATH, and so on. Now, as you might imagine, there is also something other than a login shell. Technically, there are two dimensions that make up four different kinds of shells:

 Login

 Non-login

 Interactive

 Interactive login shell

 Interactive non-login shell

 Non-interactive

 Non-interactive login shell

 Non-interactive non-login shell

Most of the time, you'll use an interactive login shell, such as when you connect via (SSH) or directly via the Terminal console. The other ...

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