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Chapter 2. Using the Terminal > Customizing the Shell Environment

2.4. Customizing the Shell Environment

The Unix shell reads a number of configuration files when it starts up. These configuration files are really shell programs, so they are extraordinarily powerful. Shell programming is beyond the scope of this book.

But let's look at what you can customize without having to become a full-fledged Unix geek, shall we?


  

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