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→INVESTIGATION 3: USING STARTUP FILES
# Use the '''more''' command to view the contents of the start-up file called '''/etc/profile''' (eg. <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">more /etc/profile</span>)<br><br>This file contains the default settings when you open your Bourne shell (eg. if issuing the command '''sh''').<br><br>
# Use the '''more''' command to view the contents of the start-up file called '''/etc/bashrc''' (eg. <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">more /etc/bashrc</span>)<br><br>This file contains the default settings when you open your Bash shell (eg. if issuing the command '''bash''').<br><br>Since we are using the Bash shell by default, let's create a customized Bash start-up file. This startup file is located in your home directory using the name ".bashrc"<br><br># x
