TC SHELL LAB EXERCISES

Lab 57: Getting Started

1:What does the init process do?
2:What is the function of the login process?
3:How do you know what shell you are using?
4:How can you change your login shell?
5:Explain the difference between the .tcshrc, .cshrc, and .login files. Which one is executed first?
6:Edit your .tcshrc file as follows:

  1. Create three of your own aliases.

  2. Reset your prompt with the host machine name, time, and username.

  3. Set the following variables and put a comment after each variable explaining what it does.

7:Type the following: 
									source .tcshrc

What does the source command do?

8:Edit your .login file as follows:

  1. Welcome the user.

  2. Add your home directory to the path if it is not there.

  3. Source the login file.

9:What is the difference ...

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