Tips And Tricks To Customize Shell Environment in GNULinux

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Tips And Tricks To Customize Shell Environment in
GNU/Linux
KARTHIK.B.G. A.P.S.C.E, BANGALORE.
Warning!! This talk will make you lazy to type
long commands.
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INTRODUCTION

• Bash shell
• Programmable shell
• Environmental variables - , HOME, etc.

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CUSTOMIZING USER PROMPT

• PS1 and PS2
• Current time, no. of cmds typed, pwd, etc.
• Coloring-up the prompt
• .bashrc, .bash_profile files

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CREATING NEW COMMANDS

• PATH variable
• Shell Script in HOME/bin directory
• Alias
• Usage of shell scripts and aliases

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DEMO
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QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU
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