September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
12h 53m
English
book
LPIC I Exam Cram™ 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102
by Ross Brunson
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Chapter 2. Using the Linux Shell
Terms you’ll need to understand:
✓ | Arguments |
✓ | Command completion |
✓ | Environment |
✓ | History |
✓ | Settings |
✓ | Shell |
✓ | Special characters |
✓ | Variables |
Techniques you’ll need to master:
✓ | Identifying the Linux default shell |
✓ | Configuring bash settings |
✓ | Understanding login versus non-login shells |
✓ | Structuring proper commands |
✓ | Properly completing commands |
✓ | Using special characters |
✓ | Executing multiple commands |
✓ | Configuring prompts |
✓ | Setting bash options |
✓ | Controlling jobs |
✓ | Managing processes |
Understanding Shells
A shell is a program designed to interpret the commands users type, parse for expansions and wildcards, and then produce instructions to the computer to accomplish those tasks.
Unless you change the defaults, the Linux shell is normally the bash shell. ...
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