UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i am new to this and trying to learn unix

how can i change my .profile and set ENV variable in .profile to the file name of my environmental file. And how can i create the ENV file. my current .profile is as follows

# This is the default standard profile provided to a user.
# They are expected to edit it to meet their own needs.

MAIL=/usr/mail/${LOGNAME:?}

When you are in your home directory, if you do
ls -al
to see your .profile file. then you can do a
vi .profile
to edit it.
To see what environmental variables to be set, you can see another user's .profile in your server. Just do a cd .. to go one directory up and cp your colleague's or friend's .profile into your home.

i know how to do this thanks what i need to know is how to create my own environmental file. thanks

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