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 The Bash shell can be configured by various files that affect its behavior, such as setting environment variables, aliases, functions, options, and prompts. Some of these files are global, meaning they apply to all users of the system, and some are local, meaning they apply to individual users. The global files are usually located in the /etc directory, while the local files are usually located in the user’s home directory, which is denoted by the tilde (~) symbol1.

The local files that affect the Bash shell are:

~/.bash_profile: This file is executed when a user logs in to the system. It is used to set up the user’s environment, such as the PATH, the default editor, the umask, and other variables. It can also run commands that are needed only once per login session, such as ssh-agent or fortune. This file can also source other files, such as ~/.bashrc, to inherit their settings12.

~/.bashrc: This file is executed when a user starts a new interactive shell, such as opening a terminal window or running a script with the shebang #!/bin/bash. It is used to set up the user’s shell preferences, such as aliases, functions, options, and prompts. It can also source other files, such as /etc/bashrc, to inherit their settings12.

~/.bash_logout: This file is executed when a user logs out of the system. It is used to perform any cleanup tasks, such as clearing the screen, deleting temporary files, or printing a farewell message1.

The other files listed in the question are not valid Bash configuration files and do not affect the behavior of the shell. Therefore, the correct answer is B. ~/.bashrc and E. ~/.bash_profile.

References: 1: Bash Shell Configuration Files - Land of Linux 2: Bash Startup Files - GNU Project

The TZ environment variable is used to change the time zone for the commands run from within the environment variable’s scope. It specifies the name of a time zone as defined in the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory or a custom time zone in the POSIX format12. The TZ variable can be set either globally in a shell profile file or locally in a shell session. For example, to set the time zone to America/New_York for the current shell session, one can use the following command:

export TZ=America/New_York

To verify the change, one can use the date command to display the current date and time according to the TZ variable. The TZ variable can also be used to run a single command with a different time zone without affecting the system’s time zone. For example, to run the date command with the Asia/Tokyo time zone, one can use the following syntax:

TZ=Asia/Tokyo date

The TZ variable is useful for testing how applications behave in different time zones or for displaying the time in different locations34. References:

How to Set or Change the Time Zone in Linux | Linuxize

Linux / UNIX: TZ Environment Variable - nixCraft

Get Current System Time Zone in Linux | Baeldung on Linux

Setting the TZ Environment Variable on Linux | InterSystems Developer

Linux UIDs (user identifiers) are numbers that are used to identify users and groups on a Linux system. Each user and group has a unique UID and GID (group identifier) respectively. The UID 0 is always reserved for the root or superuser account, which has full privileges to access and modify the system. The UIDs lower than 100 (or 1000 on some modern systems) are typically reserved for system accounts, which are used by various services and daemons that run on the system. These accounts are not meant for human users, but for specific purposes such as managing files, processes, network, security, etc. For example, some common system accounts are bin, daemon, mail, sshd, etc. The UIDs higher than 100 (or 1000) are usually allocated for regular user accounts, which have limited privileges and can be created and deleted by the system administrator. The system accounts are defined in the /etc/passwd file, which contains the username, UID, GID, home directory, shell, and other information for each account12345. References: 1: Linux User Management - Tecmint 2: What are the well-known UIDs? - Stack Overflow 3: user ID less than 1000 on CentOS 7 - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange 4: Recommended GID for users group in Linux (100 or 1000)? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange 5: What is the conventional purpose of Linux UIDs that are lower than 100? - VCE Guide