RHEL 10 USER ENVIRONMENT

Configure Vim.
Shape Bash.
Make it persist.

Work in a safe, stateful RHEL 10 terminal. Back up both dotfiles, use a Vim-style editor, reload Bash, and prove that every setting works.

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Vim interactionNormal, insert and command modes

Stateful shellFiles, exports and aliases persist

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Real validationConfiguration, source and syntax checks

6objectives

25minutes

100points

HANDS-ON EXERCISE

RHEL 10 Dotfile Workshop

You are preparing a fresh administrator account. Create dependable Vim defaults and a productive Bash environment without damaging the original files.

Your name for the certificate

● No installation, account, or cloud access required

YOUR MISSION

Configure the account

In progress

Complete each objective in the simulated system. Command text alone is not enough—the resulting files and shell state are checked.

Inspect both dotfiles

10 pts

Read the current .vimrc and .bashrc.

cat ~/.vimrc
cat ~/.bashrc

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Protect the originals

15 pts

Create .bak copies before editing.

cp -p ~/.vimrc ~/.vimrc.bak
cp -p ~/.bashrc ~/.bashrc.bak

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Configure Vim defaults

25 pts

Enable numbers, syntax, spaces, four-column widths and auto-indent.

vim ~/.vimrc
Add: set number, syntax on, set expandtab, set tabstop=4, set shiftwidth=4, set autoindent.

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Configure Bash

25 pts

Set the editor, history controls and two practical aliases.

vim ~/.bashrc
Add exports for EDITOR, VISUAL, HISTCONTROL, HISTSIZE plus aliases ll and c.

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Reload and verify

15 pts

Source the file, then prove the editor, history and alias are active.

source ~/.bashrc
echo $EDITOR
echo $HISTSIZE
type ll

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Validate and review

10 pts

Run a Bash syntax check and review changes against both backups.

bash -n ~/.bashrc
diff -u ~/.vimrc.bak ~/.vimrc
diff -u ~/.bashrc.bak ~/.bashrc

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Progress is based on simulated file and shell state, not simple command matching.

SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTRHEL 10 · student@rhel10

Stateful filesIsolated practice

student@rhel10:~

RCW IT Training RHEL 10 configuration environment

Type help for supported commands. Complete all six objectives.

The simulated machine starts in /home/student.

Try ls -la, cat ~/.vimrc, or help

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Vim workflow

Press i to insert, Esc for normal mode, then : to enter w or wq.

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Shell workflow

Editing .bashrc does not change the current shell until you run source ~/.bashrc.

Configure Vim.Shape Bash.Make it persist.

RHEL 10 Dotfile Workshop

Configure Vim.
Shape Bash.
Make it persist.