You will find a familiar environment, similar 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.