Setting the editor variable and how to find the location of a product or file:

smcclure@vet:~> which xedit /usr/bin/X11/xedit smcclure@vet:~> which xe /usr/local/bin/xe

Note that xe, not xedit is the command for running uni_Xedit

For searching for a command:

In addition to the which command when you know the exact title of what you want, another useful command if either " man -k password " or "apropos password" they do the same thing.... which is give you a list of commands that relate to the keyword password in some way... with a very short description of each one. Based on that, you can then do a " man command" to get detail on the desired command.

To change your % prompt to something more meaningful:

In your .login file or .csh file set the variable called " PS1 " to what you want using the keywords that relate to hostname, userid, directory etc. Here is how mine is setup on vet, which is the way you want it as well:

if [ "$PS1" ]; then PS1='\u@\h:\w> '

this is done in my .bash_profile.... you could add it to your .login or .cshrc file. In the above example, u=userid, h=hostname, and w=current working directory , all followed by a "> " as a way to delimit it. Here is a sample of user smcclure doing an interactive version of the SETENV command to change the prompt:

smcclure@vet:~> setenv PS1 '\utest@\hreally:\where> ' smccluretest@vetreally:~here>

(with all these weird characters, you need to put the setting for the variable in single quotes)

Need some more help?

In the local bookstores you can find "beginner's guide to Unix" type of books that might be helpful. We do have some brief handouts in the consulting center on: basic unix commands, customizing your profile, working with X windows, etc that are good beginnings.


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