I'd suggest ksh for the shell but that is just because it's what I have used for the last 10 years so I'm comfortable with it. The bash shell is probably jut fine too.
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To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:25 AMSubject: RE: Changing Your Shell - Was: Learning What I Need To Know About Basic Linux
Hi,I honestly don't know what I want to use. I'm fine with bash because I don't know any differently right now.
I'm just trying to sort through all the neat stuff people are telling me I can do and figure out what I really need to do, which is very fun. I'm really learning a lot and very much appreciate everyone's willingness to help.
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-----Original Message-----From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Øyvind Lode
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:56 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: RE: Changing Your Shell - Was: Learning What I Need To Know About Basic Linux
The best way to change the login shell is to use the chsh command I mentioned in a previous message. Another question is why you want to use ksh instead of bash? bash is the default shell on linux and there is a reason for that. ksh (or the korn shell) is a very powerful shell but it's a nightmare for beginners. bash is both powerful and quite easy to use. I'd say: Use bash! -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James Sent: 29. juli 2010 16:47 To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Changing Your Shell - Was: Learning What I Need To Know About Basic Linux Hi, It sounds like that the next time I log in and get to my home directory I should type ls -la And see which files start with a period. Then, I could copy them to other file names and look at them to see what they contain. I think I may have one called .profile along with the one called .bashrc. Thanks. Jim Jim Homme, Usability Services, Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility here. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:45 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Changing Your Shell - Was: Learning What I Need To Know About Basic Linux you could also set it up in .bashrc or similar files when you log in. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield http://tds-solutions.net Twitter: sorressean On Jul 29, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Bill Gallik wrote:
If your system administrator won't make the change for you or he/she is
taking too long you can always do the following after logging on:
exec ksh
- or whichever shell you prefer.
By using "exedc" you are instructing Linux/Unix to execute that program
as part of the current (shell) process. Be careful using "exec" with a terminating program (I.e., "exec ls") because that will terminate your login session when that terminating program exits.
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