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Linux: Set Environment Variable

by Vivek Gite on April 14, 2011 · 4 comments

Bash shell is used for various purposes under Linux. How do I customize the shell environment variable under Linux operating systems?

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FreeBSD Display Environment Settings

by Vivek Gite on March 17, 2008 · 1 comment

Q. How do I display shell environment settings under FreeBSD operating systems?

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Q. How do I add new path to PATH variable under Linux and UNIX operating system?

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Q. I find vi hard to use. How do I change my default text editor from vim / vi to Pico under Debian Linux? A. To use and change an editor to edit your text message, set the variable EDITOR to the pathname of the vi / vim binary file. You need to use export [...]

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Q. I’m using BASH shell filename tab completion feature to complete file names and other stuff. However default tab-completion in bash case-sensitive. It cannot show me /tmp/Y* or /tmp/Y* files. How do I force filename tab-completion in bash case insensitive? A. According to bash man page completion-ignore-case set to Off. If set to On, readline [...]

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