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Introduction to GNU/Linux
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Environment Variables

The behaviour of many programs can be altered by environment variables.

Important environment variables.
Variable Meaning
PATH Colon-separated list of directories to search for each command.
EDITOR Default editor.
DISPLAY In the X window system, a display consists (simplified) of a keyboard, a mouse and a screen.
PS1 Prompt displayed before each new command.

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