Environment variables
So far we have only talked about variables that are local to a script. There are also system wide environment variables (env vars) which play a very important part of any Linux system. Here are a few, some of which the reader may already be aware of:
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Variable |
Role |
|---|---|
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user's home directory |
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directories which are searched for commands |
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command line prompt |
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hostname of the machine |
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shell that is being used |
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user of this session |
|
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text editor to use for |
|
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number of commands that will be shown by the history command |
|
|
type of command line terminal that is being used |
Most of these are self-explanatory, however, I will mention ...
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