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Customizing the UNIX User Environment

Course Status:	Released	Courseware Features
Course Language:	English
Course Duration:	4 Hours
Deployment Options:	Online, Interactive CDs

Audience

End users and IT professionals working in a UNIX environment for the first time

Prerequisites

Basic keyboard and mouse skills; some experience of working in a command-line environment such as MSDOS an advantage

Course Aim

This learning path provides learners with the skills required to customize their UNIX working environment and to use the operating system productively.

Learning Objectives

To demonstrate how to customize the UNIX environment to suit user requirements

Topics Covered

Customizing the shell UNIX shell configuration files Working with the UNIX environment UNIX environment variables Customizing the UNIX shell Customizing X Introducing the UNIX X windowing system Configuring X in UNIX Changing UNIX display parameters UNIX X window managers and desktops Getting help UNIX documentation Using the UNIX online manual Using the GNU Info system Finding out about UNIX dates