Learn the Command Line: Configuring the Environment

Learn how to configure your environment and set up your settings and preferences from the command line.
Continue your command line learning journey! In this course, you will learn how to configure your local environment. You’ll learn how to set and edit your settings, preferences, and more. You'll also see how the command line works for Windows users.


* Utilize the bash profile

* Assign aliases

* Create global variables


### Notes on Prerequisites
We recommend that you complete [Learn the Command Line: Redirecting Input and Output](https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-the-command-line-redirecting-input-and-output) before completing this course.

• Configuring the Environment: Learn to configure the environment using the command line. We will also introduce how to access and use the command line in Windows.
• Informational: Configuring the Command Line Environment
• Lesson: Environment
• Quiz: Configuring the Environment
• Project: Attica
• Article: Lingua Franca - An Offline Project
• Article: Windows Command Line
• Informational: Next Steps