Before you begin: You need to have access to /samples/.profile.

Perform the following steps to customize $HOME/profile.

1. Copy /samples/.profile to your $HOME directory. For example:

   cp /samples/.profile  $HOME/.profile

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2. Edit .profile to change and add environment variables. For more information about environment variables that you can use, see Environment variables that you can customize for $HOME/.profile.

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When you are done, you have customized $HOME/.profile.