Profile

Profile may refer to:

Computing and technology

Other meanings

Unix shell

A Unix shell is a command-line interpreter or shell that provides a traditional Unix-like command line user interface. Users direct the operation of the computer by entering commands as text for a command line interpreter to execute, or by creating text scripts of one or more such commands. Users typically interact with a Unix shell using a terminal emulator, however, direct operation via serial hardware connections, or networking session, are common for server systems. All Unix shells provide filename wildcarding, piping, here documents, command substitution, variables and control structures for condition-testing and iteration.

Concept

The most generic sense of the term shell means any program that users employ to type commands. A shell hides the details of the underlying operating system and manages the technical details of the operating system kernel interface, which is the lowest-level, or "inner-most" component of most operating systems.

In Unix-like operating systems, users typically have many choices of command-line interpreters for interactive sessions. When a user logs in to the system interactively, a shell program is automatically executed for the duration of the session. The type of shell, which may be customized for each user, is typically stored in the user's profile, for example in the local passwd file or in a distributed configuration system such as NIS or LDAP; however, the user may execute any other available shell interactively.

Profile (TV series)

Profile is a Canadian biographical television series which aired on CBC Television from 1955 to 1957.

Premise

The series featured biographical documentaries on such Canadian and international personalities as Thérèse Casgrain, Moses Coady, Robert Frost, Billy Graham, A. Y. Jackson, Paul-Émile Léger, Arthur Lismer, Seán O'Casey, Bertrand Russell, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Edward Steichen, Paul Tillich and Arnold Toynbee. The intent was for the interviews to be conducted at the subjects homes, although existing film biographies were used on occasion.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast for three seasons as follows (times in Eastern):

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