The shell is so important to Linux, it has its own startup process. Discover how to configure the shell on startup, how to run commands automatically, and what you can do with all this power.

I have two Macs, both with BASH being the default shell. Mac1 has a tricked-out .bashrc. Mac2 just got a clean OS upgrade, so pretty much everything is stock from Apple. Since file xfer between ...

I've added some environment variables to /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc, but when I run commands with sudo, they're not there—sudo env does not list them. Is there some other profile I should be ...

Are you doing too much typing in your daily Linux work? Find it difficult to remember complex commands? You'll want to use Linux aliases. Find out how they work and see some useful examples.