NET 4000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.4: Cyan, Kornshell, Superuser
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The linux shell is a command interpreter that provides a command line interface (cli). Users use the shell to interact with the linux kernel by typing commands at the shell prompt. Keep in mind the following tips for working in the shell: The tilde symbol (~) points to the home directory of the current user. The command path is a set of directories to be searched to find the executable files of the commands entered at the shell prompt: The shell does not look in the current working directory for a command"s executable file when you run it from the shell prompt. To add a directory to a path, enter path=:[directory_path]; then enter export path. Resides in a directory that is included within the path environment variable, you can simply enter the command at the shell prompt. Resides in the current working directory (and the current directory is not included within the path environment variable), then you can enter . /
