Workshop
The Workshop summarizes the key terms you learned and poses some questions about the topics presented in this chapter. It also provides you with a preview of what you will learn in the next hour.
Key Terms
password entry For each account on the UNIX system, there is an entry in the account database known as the password file. This also contains an encrypted copy of the account password. This set of information for an individual account is known as the password entry.
recursive command A command that repeatedly invokes itself.
shell alias Most UNIX shells have a convenient way for you to create abbreviations for commonly used commands or series of commands, known as shell aliases. For example, if I always found myself typing ls -CF, ...
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