| 1 | BASH is the default OS shell for Linux and Mac OS x. BASH can also be used on Windows if cygwin is installed. |
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| 3 | Cygwin can be downloaded from: https://cygwin.com/install.html |
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| 5 | Students with a windows computer are requested to install cygwin. A minimal installation + nano should be enough for our purposes. |
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| 7 | nano is a basic editor, without default syntax highlighting. |
| 8 | To install syntax highlighting create a file sh.nanorc in the folder /usr/share/nano |
| 9 | Retreive the code from: https://code.google.com/p/nanosyntax/source/browse/trunk/syntax-nanorc/sh.nanorc and paste it into the sh.nanorc file |
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| 11 | Save the file and go to your home directory (cd ~) |
| 12 | Create a file called .nanorc containing the text ''include /usr/share/nano/sh.nanorc'' |