Changing your environment: Bourne shell

At login the Bourne shell reads the initialisation files /etc/profile and $HOME/.profile. You cannot change the content of /etc/profile, but you have permission to edit the contents of .profile, which is in your home directory and is owned by you.

• Tip ...
• Displaying current variables
• Making a temporary change
• Making a lasting change
• Examples

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