User Environment and System Information

Each login name has its own system environment. The system environment is an area where information that is common to all processes running in a session is stored. You can use several commands to display information about your system.

This chapterdiscusses the following procedures for displaying information about your environment.

• Listing System Devices (lscfg Command)
• Displaying the Console Name (lscons Command)
• Displaying the Terminal Name (tty Command)
• Listing Available Displays (lsdisp Command)
• Listing Available Fonts (lsfont Command)
• Listing the Current Software Keyboard Map (lskbd Command)
• Listing Available Software Products (lslpp Command)
• Listing Control Key Assignments for Your Terminal (stty Command)
• Listing Environment Variables (env Command)
• Displaying the Value of an Environment Variable (printenv Command)
• Working with Bidirectional Languages (aixterm Command)
• Command Summary for User Environment and System Information