Chapter 6. Make the Most of the Shell

This chapter shows how you can customize your command-line environment. The 13 projects focus on shell features that make entering commands quicker and easier. They cover the following topics:

Customizing Apple's Terminal application

Customizing the shell, configuring features such as command line completion and history

Enhancing command entry by taking advantage of command line recall and editing

Defining shell aliases and functions, employing them as short cuts to entering commands

Job control and background processes

Although written mainly for the Bash shell, additional sections give Tcsh shell equivalents.