Questions tagged [bashrc]
.bashrc is the Bash shell configuration file for a user's terminal login session.
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How can I shorten my command line (bash) prompt?
Currently it is:
michael@Castle2012-Ubuntu-laptop01:~/Dropnot/webs/rails_v3/linker/spec/controllers$
Outside of renaming my machine and directory structure...
How could I make it be something more ...
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How do I restore .bashrc to its default? [duplicate]
I've been trying to install Android developer tools on Eclipse, and I followed the information in this video.
Like the video said, I added the following two lines of code to the .bashrc file:
export ...
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Changing colors for user, host, directory information in terminal command prompt
Is it possible to change the colors in the command prompt for the user@computer, as well as the the current directory and command parts of the prompt display?
I've already seen something like this ...
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Sequence of scripts sourced upon login
I would like to concentrate all my login config in my ~/.bash_profile. There was a ~/.bashrc there by default but I replaced it with a ~/.bash_profile.
However, when I log in, something before my ~/....
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How to restore .bashrc file?
The terminal shows this when it opens:
bash: /home/atlas/.bashrc: line 73: syntax error near unexpected token `['
bash: /home/atlas/.bashrc: line 73: `if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ] ; then '
I've ...
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Why ~/.bash_profile is not getting sourced when opening a terminal?
Problem
I have an Ubuntu 11.04 Virtual Machine and I wanted to set up my Java development environment. I did as follows
sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
Added the following entries to ~/....
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How to add an alias to a command in terminal?
By typing a manually specified command in terminal I want to execute some other command.
How could add an alias to a command? Can i do that with the help of the terminal or should I edit some kind of ...
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Terminal splash screen with Weather, Calendar, Time & Sysinfo?
I saw a Ubuntu Bash under Windows 10 terminal splash screen here: Windows Subsystem for Linux display Linux distribution?
How can I change my ~/.bashrc to get a similar splash screen in regular ...
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Bash history search, partial + up-arrow
I have searched, but not found anything on this. I am looking for a functionality in bash, using a terminal.
Way back when, I had a user on a debian system, and a friend set me up with a convenient ...
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At what point is the ~/.bashrc file created?
For instance, if I were to run the command adduser test, is the .bashrc created automatically upon creation of the home directory for the user test? If it's not created upon user creation, under what ...
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Cannot successfully source .bashrc from a shell script
Normally we can source ~/.bashrc file using this command
source ~/.bashrc
but if I write this in a shell script and execute it, nothing happens. Why?
Is there any way to do this?
My script:
#!/bin/...
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Why isn't .profile sourced when opening a terminal?
Just installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS.
According to .profile,
# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
# This file is not read by bash, if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login ...
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Why does "(base)" appear in front of my terminal prompt?
I'm wondering why I have (base) on the left of my terminal prompt.
If I run source ~/.profile in the terminal, it disappears.
If I close that terminal and reopen a new terminal, (base) is there ...
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What does "${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}" do in my terminal prompt?
In my terminal prompt definition in my .bashrc file, among other things, I have this snippet of code:
${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}
What does this do, and do I need it?
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Permanent PATH variable
How will I make this /media/De Soft/mongodb/bin PATH variable permanent?
Everyone is saying "export PATH=$PATH:media/De\ Soft/mongodb/bin to your ~/.profile, or .bashrc, or .zshenv depending on your ...
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Why does Ubuntu's default ~/.profile source ~/.bashrc?
These are the contents of the stock ~/.profile that came with my 13.10 (commented lines removed):
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
. "$HOME/.bashrc"
fi
fi
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"export PS1=" for customizing shell prompt
I wanted to customize my shell prompt to include the time. So, I did export PS1='\t\w\$'.
My prompt now looks like 18:57:37~$. I don't know how to prepend it with username@hostname.
Also, I don't ...
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Where is .bashrc?
I feel stupid asking, but I can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere. I'm trying to follow these instructions to edit my bash prompt, but there is no .bashrc in either my user directory (~/....
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What is a .bashrc file and what does it do?
I can't seem to find any clear information on what the .bashrc file is and what it does exactly.
Thanks for all the help so far. It seems that this script does everything from coloring, completion, ...
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How to display random jokes from www.icndb.com in your terminal?
I already know that you can get some nice quotes/jokes using the fortune program.
But I've found in this urwird script a new source of fun that I'd like to have when I open a new terminal.
This time ...
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Main Terminal Window Displaying Commands Only
I often lose track of the command flow due to the long text output of some commands, so I would like to have a main terminal window where user commands are executed and other terminal windows that „...
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Terminal error (some typo somewhere?) with .bashrc disables all aliases etc
I can't use any of my aliases or custom defined variables in bash. The error when I open the terminal is immediately:
: command not found
bash: /home/khaverim7/.bashrc: line 6: syntax error near ...
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Why is /etc/profile not invoked for non-login shells?
Login and non-login shell defined as:
su - $USER # will give you a login shell
bash # will give you a non-login shell
/etc/profile is not invoked for non-login shells, such as when you start konsole ...
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Add a binary to my path
I have an executable. I want to execute the executable in terminal with name only like other commands.
I can put my executable in /usr/local/bin or I could add its PATH to ~/.bashrc. Both will work.
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How (and where) can one change 'user@host $:' pattern in gnome-terminal?
When I start terminal in Ubuntu, I see:
ilya@HOST:~$
I need to add a timestamp to this, something like:
2011-10-09T09:32:00 ilya@HOST:~$
How can I configure this?
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Where is my PATH variable being set?
I'm trying to set my path variable to look like this:
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/jgrande/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools:/usr/lib/...
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.bashrc edit messes up terminal command arrow-up history print
I wanted to give my terminal prompt in Ubuntu a more personal look, and wanted to change the text prior to the '$' when writing a command.
From what I've found this is done by editing the .bashrc ...
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How to save terminal history manually?
It's my understanding that the history file is updated when the terminal exits. But sometimes my computer crashes out, and the terminal doesn't exit cleanly, and then I lose those commands from my ...
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Write function in one line into ~/.bashrc
Why when I try to write a function just in one line into .bashrc file,
list(){ ls -a }
I get error?
bash: /home/username/.bashrc: line num: syntax error: unexpected end of file
but when I write it ...
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difference between bash.bashrc and /etc/environment file
Till date I used to set my environment variables in the bash.bashrc file. Recently I was told to use the /etc/environment file. Well, both work fine.
So, what is the difference between them?
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Configure gnome-terminal to start bash as a login shell, doesn't read .bashrc
I'm trying to integrate RVM with gnome-terminal.
Per default, gnome-terminal does not start bash as a login shell. I enabled run command as a login shell as suggested in this answer about the same ...
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How do I pipe each command given to the shell?
I'd like to edit my .bashrc so that every command executed on the shell is piped to something, for example:
$ sudo apt update
_________________
< sudo apt update >
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\ ...
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How to change colours in bash prompt [duplicate]
I have followed the instructions here and in the howto link that is provided there. However nowhere does it appear to say how I can change the colours of the different parts, because currently I set ...
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My terminal shows only a blank screen--How can it?
I recently installed Ubuntu 13.10. in the process of editing bash.bashrc file something went wrong and all of a sudden all i'm getting when I open my terminal is a blank screen. No directory names or $...
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Alternative way to run a sudo command on startup
I am trying to write a script for my Ubuntu system to hibernate, whenever the amount of battery left is (say) 5%. This script will run on startup.
I can get the battery left using
upower -d |grep ...
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How can I preset aliases for all users?
I have Ubuntu 14.04.2. I want to make it so all users automatically have a specific set of aliases. I have my aliases set in my personal .bashrc, but I don't want to have to manually copy them into ...
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Specify JDK for tomcat7
I have installed tomcat7 (using apt-get install) and whenever I want to start tomcat7 it says :
* no JDK found - please set JAVA_HOME
I have set JAVA_HOME in my bash.bashrc and also in ~/.bashrc and ...
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Copy current terminal prompt to clipboard
Is there a way to copy the currently written content of the bash prompt? Say I wrote:
ping www.google.com
so that the lines in terminal looks like:
petr@sova:~$ ping www.google.com
and didn't hit ...
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Why is my function not re-evaluated in PS1?
I'm trying to have a part of my prompt set dynamically by a function, so in my .bashrc I have:
asdf ()
{
echo -n $(pwd)
}
PS1="\u@\h:\w $(asdf)\$ "
Opening a shell gives me what I expect at ...
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How do I teach bash in Ubuntu some curse words?
When bash encounters an unknown command(word?) it does this :
The program 'hello' can be found in the following packages:
* hello
* hello-debhelper
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package&...
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Can I create a separate bash history file for each terminal profile?
I use a bash script to start gnome-terminal with multiple tabs, each tab using a different profile, working directory, and in some cases executing a command within the tab.
In this situation, I'd ...
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.desktop file with .bashrc environment
I am using IntelliJ IDEA, and it uses some of the environment variables defined in the .bashrc script.
If I run its shell script from the terminal everything works fine but if I create a .desktop ...
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I think I accidently deleted the PATH variable
Whatever I try to run, I get the error:
The command could not be located because '/usr/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
I had some modification in my .bashrc file but then ...
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Why does my ssh login include what looks like a promotion for a TechRepublic article?
When I ssh into my Ubuntu box I see the output below. I was surprised to see the quote and the link to the TechRepublic article.
Is that an advertisement? Anyone know where that is coming from? Is ...
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Reverse-search in CLI: messed up output afterwards [duplicate]
See my edit below, this is not totally a duplicate of Shell prompt customization and cmd behavior
My reverse-search function in the CLI is broken and I don't know how to fix it back...
When I hit ...
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Where I can find the contents of the default /etc/bash.bashrc file?
I accidentally overwrote the /etc/bash.bashrc file.
Please give me the default content in that file to restore, or the file itself.
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gnome-terminal does not allow changing the title
I've selected "Replace initial title" setting in gnome-terminal's preferences, but it just shows the default title "Terminal". After reading this answer, I added this to my .bashrc:
PROMPT_COMMAND='...
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Where is bash's "shopt extglob" turned on for my interactive shell?
I see that extglob is on but I'd like to know where this is set.
$ shopt extglob
extglob on
$
Didn't find it in these files.
~/.bashrc
~/.bash_profile
~/.profile
/etc/bashrc (no such file)
/...
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Editing .bashrc in WSL safely
How do I edit the .bashrc file in Windows Subsystem for Linux safely?
This article warns to never edit files stored in the WSL AppData folder using Windows tools.
But then how do you edit files like ....
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