Linux tips †Useful link(s) †37 Important Linux Commands You Should Know Environmental setting †Create and edit ".bash_profile" in the home directory by using your favorite editor, if not exist. For instance: $ vi ~/.bash_profile and add the following lines to ~/.bash_profile: if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi Create ".bashrc" in the home directory to set the prompt, add command-line path, and so on (optional). Below is an example of ".bashrc" if [ "$PS1" ]; then # enable color support of ls and also add handly aliases alias ls='ls -FG' alias ll='ls -l' alias la='ls -A' alias cp='cp -i' alias mv='mv -i' alias rm='rm -i' # set a fancy prompt PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ ' fi To add a command search path, add the following (for instance) to ~/.bashrc export PATH=${PATH}:${HOME}/qe-6.2.1/bin:${HOME}/qe-6.2.1/PW/tools (change path to and directory name for your QE program ("qe-6.2.1" for instance) as appropriate) and type $ source ~/.bashrc to make the change. Information of CPU/memory †vmstat cat /proc/cpuinfo cat /proc/meminfo |