UNIX Tips

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Bourne Again SHell (bash)

It's the standard command line interface on most Linux machines. It excels at interactivity, supporting command line editing, completion, and recall.

bash.rc / bash.profile

Bashrc is when you start bash as a non-login shell.
Bash_profile is for whenever you start bash as a login shell.

.bash_history

.bash_history file contains the last commands used with the bash shell. The size of the file depends on what size HISTFILESIZE is set to in the startup file.

Linux Window Managers

Gnome

KDE

XFCE