Key Takeaways
- Environment variables control how your shell and programs behave
- The PATH variable determines where the shell looks for commands
- Command history makes you more efficient with keyboard shortcuts
- Understanding variable scope (local vs environment) is important
- Configuration files let you customize your shell permanently
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The export command makes variables available to child processes
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