Coursera-DE-C2-configure-shell

Learn to configure the shell environment by editing .bashrc

Goal: Learn to configure

Let's practice configuring the Bash shell

Part 1: Open ~/.bashrc and edit it

1. Edit the Bash configuration file ~/.bashrc by using Vim, vim ~/.bashrc or opening the Visual Studio Code Editor
2. Add the following statements at the end of the file:

export API="API-Key-Goes-Here"
echo "This is an example of using a variable at shell launch: " $API

3. Test this out by sourcing the new config: source ~/.bashrc. What did you see?

Part 2: Open a second shell and interact with new environment

1. Open a new shell. What did you see?
2. Echo the variable $API echo $API
3. What do you see?

Part 3: Create an alias in ~/.bashrc and use it

1. Edit the Bash configuration file ~/.bashrc by using Vim, vim ~/.bashrc or opening the Visual Studio Code Editor
2. Add the following statements at the end of the file:

alias root="cd /"

3. Test this out by sourcing the new config: source ~/.bashrc. What did you see when you type in alias?
4. What do you see when you type in root? Why could this be helpful to you personally?