When you use Terminal in 10.3 and 10.4, you’re probably using the bash shell—it’s the default, unless you’re using an upgrade install that was previously using tcsh. If you’re not familiar with what a ...

I used to know this under c-shell, but anyway...<BR><BR>I am running redhat9 remotly.<BR>I changed my homedir, and now my prompt says -bash-2.05b$<BR>how do i:<BR>1. Make it go back to saying ...

Few aspects of Unix system administration are more intimate than the relationship between the admin and their chosen shell. After all, the shell is the most fundamental interface to the system, the ...

If you're working in a Linux environment, chances are you've encountered environment variables—even if you didn’t realize it at the time. They quietly power much of what goes on behind the scenes in ...