Subject: Re: General Help for Unix (Linux)
From: David P. Riedel (driedel@home.com)
Date: Tue Sep 14 1999 - 17:48:06 MDT
stephen
thanks! i'm one of those newbies and any tips like this help. the rehat
linux book i just got is 1000 pages...
dave riedel
Stephen Lewis wrote:
> As I read this list it is clear that there are a number
> of folks who are new to Unix (I include Linux). Here
> are a few pointers which will help.
> 1/ There are hidden files. They begin with a "." - you can
> see them if you use 'ls -a | more'
> 2/ Hidden files are executed when you 1) login, 2) start a shell 3)
> logout
> - They are - .bash_profile (for bash) and .bashrc and .bash_logout -
> take
> a look in them 'more .bashrc' - add a line like 'echo "running bashrc"'
> to
> help see when they run.
> 3/ Your whole shell experience depends upon environment variables. They
> can be seen using 'printenv'.
> 4/ If you want to know about some topic try the following in order:
> 'help topic'
> 'man topic'
> 'apropos topic'
> Stephen Lewis
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