Why do shells use a profile as well as an rc file what


Problem

1. Explain the significance of these commands:

(i) cd ~henry,

(ii) cd ~/henry,

(iii) cd ~-,

(iv) cd -.

2. Why do shells use a profile as well as an rc file? What types of entries do you place in each?

6. Name two ways of making the modifications to ~/.profile available to the environment.

7. If your .profile contains a statement like PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin, and you make repeated changes to the file, how should you activate the changes?

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