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Ok, when you first start using Redbrick and you log on, you'll be looking at a screen which looks fairly plain with some basic instructions for reading mail, news, chat, etc. This is great when you're starting off, but after a while, you'll find that just staring at the screen can hurt your eyes, so you'll want to do other stuff. You'll then see why a lot of people type stuff when using computers. The way that most people prefer when they get used to it, is typing in commands in a 'shell'. This sounds really difficult, but you'll soon get into the hang of it and be heying your friends and going into chat and mailing your ma and so on :o) | Ok, when you first start using Redbrick and you log on, you'll be looking at a screen which looks fairly plain with some basic instructions for reading mail, news, chat, etc. This is great when you're starting off, but after a while, you'll find that just staring at the screen can hurt your eyes, so you'll want to do other stuff. You'll then see why a lot of people type stuff when using computers. The way that most people prefer when they get used to it, is typing in commands in a 'shell'. This sounds really difficult, but you'll soon get into the hang of it and be heying your friends and going into chat and mailing your ma and so on :o) | ||
== Changing your shell == | |||
The default shell that you start with is zsh, if (for whatever reason) you wish to change your shell here's how to do it. | |||
At the prompt type chsh, like so: | |||
[[Image:chsh1.jpg]] | |||
You'll be asked for your password, enter it. Now you'll be looking at this: | |||
[[Image:chsh2.jpg]] | |||
This shows your current shell and is where you select your new one. | |||
Now you'll need to give it the location of the shell you want to use. If you don't know where they are, don't worry here's a list by typing "help chsh": | |||
[[Image:shells.jpg]] | |||
Now all you do is select the one you want, type it in and away you go. | |||
[[Image:chsh3.jpg]] | |||
As it says, this can take effect immediately or in several minutes time. | |||
== Directory Structure in Unix == | == Directory Structure in Unix == | ||