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Linux LP1 Chapter 4
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- 1One key component of the bash shell is:shell variables
- 2What is a variables name?name that can be assigned a value
- 3Who reads the value of the variables?The shell (and other commands)
- 4Are the variables case sensitive?Yes they are case sensitive
- 5When is a local variable available?In the shell in which it was created
- 6By convention, lowercase characters are for which variable?Local variable
- 7Uppercase characters are used for what variable?environment variable
- 8What does the set command do?display all variables
- 9What is the purpose of the unset command?To delete variables
- 10What does the PATH variable contain?list of directories
- 11When the user types a command and then presses the Enter key, the PATH variable does what?Searches for an executable file with the same name
- 12Where does the absolute path specifies a file?Top level directory through all of the sub directories
- 13Where does the relative path specifies a file?In the current directory
- 14If the $PATH variable were to be modify, how would an admin see this?as suspicious activity
- 15Which file customizes the shell when this starts?initialization (or configuration) files
- 16There are two types of initialization filesGlobal and Local
- 17How many users are affected by global initialization files?All users on the system
- 18How many users are affected by local initialization files?specific to an individual user
- 19Where are the global configuration files located at?/etc directory
- 20Where are the local configuration files located at?user's home directory
- 21When the bash is started as a login shell which file is executed first?/etc/profile
- 22When bash is started as an interactive shell, it executes first which file:~/.bashrc file
- 23What type of access do you need to modify the global configuration?Administrative access
- 24What type of files can a user modify?initialization files in their home directory
- 25What is the emacs?Popular Linux editor
- 26By default, how many commands will be stored in the history file?five hundred
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