Table of Contents

Environment
- Links
- Commands
- Files

Environment

Links

Adam Bolte: Understanding *NIX Login Scripts
Stack Overflow: Can you run a script every time /bin/sh is invoked?
Stack Exchange: Is there an invoked file for dash and sh as non login shells in /etc directory?

Commands

show all environment variables: env
show all language settings: locale
show all (accounting) limits: ulimit -a

Files

~/.bashrc: environment for Bash
/etc/bashrc: Bash login setup, aliases and environment
/etc/environment: environment variables common to all users