3. Working with Your Shell

When you access a Unix or Linux system, the first thing you see is the prompt, called the shell prompt, which is where you interact with Unix or Linux. The shell determines how easily you can enter and reenter commands and how you can control your environment. What’s cool is that you’re not stuck with one shell—that is, on most systems you ...

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