You will find a familiar environment to other ECMWF platforms. Bash and Ksh are available as login shells, with Bash being the recommended option.
Note that CSH is not available. If you are still using it, please move to a supported shell.
If you wish to change the default shell you must do it from ECGATE
user@ecgb11:~> changesh Enter your user id: user Your current shell is: /bin/bash Enter new shell [/bin/ksh, /bin/bash]:
The change may take a few minutes to synchronise, and will only affect new sessions opened after it is into effect.
Shell initialisation and configuration files
| File | When it is sourced? | Who sources it? | What is it for? |
|---|---|---|---|
$HOME/.profile | each login and job execution | Bash and ksh | Suitable for your own login session settings (e.g. PATH). |
$HOME/.bash_profile | each bash startup and job execution | Bash only | Suitable for your own login session settings (e.g. PATH). It overrides .profile if present |
$HOME/.bashrc | each bash startup and job execution | Bash only | Suitable for your own settings and aliases to load for all kinds of sessions, including non-login sessions. |
$HOME/.bash_logout | each bash exit and end of job | Bash only | Suitable for your own cleanup settings |
$HOME/.kshrc | each ksh startup and job execution | ksh only | Suitable for your own settings to load for all kinds of sessions, including non-login sessions. |