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This course introduces users to shells and shows users how to configure user and environment variables and how to manage processes on a Linux system.
Objectives:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Define a shell
- Explain how commands entered at the Linux command line are interpreted
- Customize user and environment variables
- Describe and view the history file
- List running processes, modify process priority, and stop processes
- List and control jobs
Topics:
- Understanding Shells
- Typing at the Command Line
- Editing and the Command Line
- Understanding Variables
- Customizing Environment Variables
- Working with the PATH Variable
- Working with the PROMPT Variable
- Working with the HOME Variable
- Understanding the HISTORY File
- Viewing the HISTORY File with fc
- Understanding Processes
- Listing Processes with ps and top
- Editing Process Priority with nice
- Managing Jobs
- Sending Signals to Processes
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