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Take control of the command line

PERSONAL SHELL

Author(s): BRUCE BYFIELD

Ease into your comfort zone with these tips for customizing Bash.

One way to reduce the anxiety of using the command line is to gain as much control over the situation as possible. Bash, the default shell in most GNU/Linux distributions, is no exception. If you know how to customize Bash, you should start to lose the sense of trauma (no doubt induced by an exposure to DOS early in your computing life) that seizes you when the idea of using a command line is raised.


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