Questions tagged [bashrc]
.bashrc is the Bash shell configuration file for a user's terminal login session.
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Not able to install any software on Ubuntu
I tried to install MatLAB in the directory
/usr/local/MATLAB/R2018a/bin
and add this path to .bashrc.
After this, I was able to launch Matlab by just typing Matlab in bash.
But now, when I try to ...
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I just installed Quixel and Nuke, how can I create an alias for them in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I just installed Quixel Bridge and Nuke. They are not found in the application list so I have no way to drag them to desktop favorite. Nor did they like Google Chrome that could be started in terminal ...
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Handy command for editing previously executed mistyped command and overwriting history entry with the fixed one
until recently I was pretty sure that fc command opens previously executed command in the default editor, executes submitted changes and overwrites last entry from the bash history. However, seems ...
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proxy is only working with GUI but not when I set through terminal with ~/.bashrc
I have read a lot of guides about setting a proxy for ubuntu. I can do it with the GUI in the network settings and it automatically starts using the proxy I specified and when I open firefox or chrome ...
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Edit permanently .bashrc
I am a beginner Ubuntu user. I am booting Ubuntu from an USB flash drive and I need to edit the .bashrc file but every time I shut down or restart the computer the edits I made disappear.
Is it ...
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Hava alias shortcut available in new terminal session
The output of command $ alias will not display for me in Ubuntu 18.04.
as I research here This is only available for my current terminal session, and if I open a new terminal session, the Alias ...
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Ubuntu Desktop: Why the .profile script is executed in an interactive non-login shell?
I understand about the difference between Interactive login and Interactive non-login
According with this excellent post: Zsh/Bash startup files loading order (.bashrc, .zshrc etc.) we have the ...
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'exit' command not working anymore
I was trying to install certain software and edited bashrc file, due to various errors I replaced it with default basrc file, but now 'exit' command is not exiting the terminal, its simply displaying '...
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adb command not found after installed it
I have install adb from terminal. But when I type "adb version" it's not found. Can anyone help me about this problem?
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Update info - how to currently set Java_home?
I'am trying to get Maven running. I have installed JDK and Maven.
Thus I have been trying to set the Java_home variable for three days now, I cannot get it working.
I have followed the instructions of ...
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How can I reload bashrc in a script and not failing?
I have written a script that downloads and installs anaconda3, and some other dependencies, and then it installs a couple of python modules using pip3.
The issue is that my source ~/.bashrc doesn't ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 setting path variable to solve laravel: command not found
I was following this solution and noticed that it's temporarily working for me. I tried doing
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin" >> ~/.bashrc
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export PATH="$...
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Why setxkbmap in .bashrc is intermittently working? Why it takes awhile to load after PC has already started?
I am using this on my .bashrc file:
## SWAP CONTROL KEY
setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps
I did this, basically, because I am using Emacs a lot. It seems to work most of the time.
Unfortunately, 2 ...
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Set parameters for Ubuntu's alias
I have an example command as follows:
g++ main.cpp -o main -lopencv_core -lopencv_highgui -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_imgcodecs -I/usr/local/include/opencv4
Running the entire above command will create ...
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Workflow for managing bash rc's in cloud environments
I previously haven't edited bashrc on my cloud servers. The servers change too often the effort seems not worth it. I also don't want to upload my local bashrc to each cloud server because there is a ...
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Duplicate system PATH variable (snap/bin:/snap/bin)
When I run echo $PATH the duplicate output snap/bin:/snap/bin appears at the end and seems unusual.
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/...
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Bash: Define a function in bashrc that can be used by any scripts globally
I like to define a function in ~/.bashrc and use it in different scripts either via export -f or source .bashrc.
The function:
nano ~/.bashrc
function test_func() {
yt-dlp -f '299+140' --merge-...
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What is the difference between using "echo" command and editing using "vi" when making changes to .bashrc file?
I finished installing a program and some websites tell me to use the echo command to export an environment variable to the .bashrc file while others say to use vi .bashrc to edit the file directly. I ...
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error in bashrc. 'syntax error: unexpected end of file'
When I try to run bash, it gives a syntax error:
bash: /home/leo.bashrc: line 136: syntax error: unexpected end of line
where the line number is the length of the document.
The contents of bashrc are:...
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After update to 21.04 my alias in bashrc no longer works
I have appended this alias in my .bashrc file:
alias libreoffice="flatpak run org.libreoffice.LibreOffice/x86_64/stable"
Prior to the update (from Kubuntu 20.10 to Kubuntu 21.04) this alias ...
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where is LD_LIBRARY_PATH first set in ubuntu 20.04?
In my current account in ubuntu 20.04, when I print the value of $LD_LIBRARY_PATH at the start of .bashrc, I find it's been already set to '/usr/local/lib:'. It's not a big problem but the problem is ...
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GNOME Terminal bash line wrapping issue
Recently I noticed a strange issue when resizing the gnome-terminal window horizontally.
There's a bug when wrapping the bash lines: the lines are replicated.
I really don't know whether it's normal.
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If I execute a program via terminal it opens, but if I open it via .desktop file it doesn't
I've installed Matlab inside /home/user/Desktop/matlabFolder/bin/ .
I can run Matlab running /home/user/Desktop/matlabFolder/bin/matlab inside a terminal, and it works.
I created a .desktop file here: ...
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inconsistent bash behaviour
I have a windows 10 operating system on which I have installed WSL2 Ubuntu 20.04 in it.
It is working fine, but I have some weird behaviour of bash i can't seem to be able to resolve.
If i open bash ...
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Why do I need to source ~/.bashrc manually everytime when I connecting via SSH?
I'm using ubuntu 18.04 ,and use ssh to connect to my lab's server. But since a week ago, every time I open a terminal through ssh, I can't use conda activate *, it says don't have the command "...
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/bin/sh: 1: :/usr/local/cuda-11.0/bin/bin/nvcc: not found
when i used nvidia-smi i got the version of cuda is 11.0 but I checked the path /usr/local and found /cuda11.1
i got an error when I installed mmcv package
/bin/sh: 1: :/usr/local/cuda-11.0/bin/bin/...
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How to make an environment variable available for a python program using os.environ module?
I'm just new in this site and new to all the GNU/Linux environment, I'm trying to access to an environment variable from a python program that I wrote in PyCharm, I created it but I the the variable ...
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How to automatically open the linux terminal window in a certain position on ubuntu
Firstly, I know there are a few similar questions to mine at the moment; I've already checked them but did not really find a solution.
I saw this line very often: gnome-terminal --geometry 30x30+100+0,...
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Fish-shell not recognizing .bashrc exports
I had to install a couple of programs for my university on Ubuntu, those required extra lines in .bashrc these are the following lines
if [ -d /opt/pic32mx/bin ] ; then
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/pic32mx/...
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bashrc add command but do not execute [duplicate]
I have a folder in ~ called work that contains all my work. Usually when I start an instance of Terminal I type cd work.
I would like to avoid this because it's very repetitive. I tried putting cd ...
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How to switch back and forth between Conda and Pyenv without restarting terminal?
I'm using both conda and pyenv and would like to switch between both while staying in the same terminal.
The entries to initialize both in my .bashrc look as follows:
# >>> conda initialize &...
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set command output is 573 MB
I was making changes to ~/.bashrc and resourcing it dozens of times with . ~/.bashrc this morning. The last time I noticed it was taking about 30 seconds to source the file.
So I did a quick test:
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HistTimeFormat error showing message when opening terminal [duplicate]
In order to record date and time for each command in history I set
HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T"
And in order for this setting to remain after I log out or close the terminal I added to the ....
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Cannot run commands in bash terminal - argument list too long
Whenever I try to run "vim .bashrc" I get the error: "argument list too long"
Most of the threads about this seem to be focused on commands like rm or mv... but I can't even open a ...
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How to move between folders in ~/.bashrc
I am creating some aliases to save keystrokes.
I am writing inside ~/.bashrc the following:
alias work='cd /work/e674/e674/ouatu/'
alias pythonvenv='cd /work/e674/e674/ouatu/...
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My .profile and .bashrc files are not read
When I run `clang'I get the error message
command clang not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install clang
Both .profile and .bashrc are not read.
Below is my .profile file
# ~/.profile: ...
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command aliasing in ~/.bashrc doesn't work after sourcing or rebooting [duplicate]
I want to add an alias to my ~/.bashrc such that when I use killp it kills the python process(es) that use GPU.
I am not sure why neither of these commands work. I have sourced my bashrc using source ~...
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How to reset .bashrc to default? [closed]
I was editing my .bashrc file for the /root user and I think I deleted important lines or smth.
It became root@pop-os:~# with a grey color like the regular font in the terminal. How to reset the ....
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How to add special characters in ~/.bashrc file?
I am trying to make a bash alias to grep for Git conflicts within files after a merge occurs. Usually on the command line with bash shell, I run grep -nr '<<<<<<<', where the ...
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Should I use aliases or modify $PATH?
A made a bash file called foo, containing a few instruction and I often use it. I want to call it using $ foo
I could either add export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/foo to ~/.bashrc
Or add alias foo='path/to/...
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How is "No such file or directory" getting added to my PATH variable?
Today I noticed that my path has an entry No such file or directory at the end, which causing other problems.
My path looks like this: /home/geneorama/gems/bin:/home/geneorama/anaconda3/bin:/home/...
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Best practice for using .bashrc aliases under sudo [duplicate]
I have some productivity aliases on ~/.bashrc, which I'm missing when I run something on sudo. In example, I have an alias with parameters for ncdu, which doesn't work when I wanna use it on folders ...
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why isn't bashrc file visible using find | grep "file" in wsl?
Thanks for coming to my post :)
I was wondering, just out of curiosity, why isn't the .bashrc file visible in wsl using the
find | grep file command
and visible using
ls -al ~/ | more
command ?
I'm ...
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Putty does not start .bashrc
When I connect to my Ubuntu system remotely, .bashrc is not getting loaded. I know this because lines at the end of .bashrc simply do not run, though they do if I manually dotsource after logging in ...
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cannot access the ~/.bashrc again
After I installed the conda, I still cannot call the conda. And I follow the below steps to add the path.
sudo gedit ~/.bashrc
export PATH= "/home/howard/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
sudo gedit /etc/...
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bash.bashrc not working for all users
So I have 2 users on my PC when I add the line alias abc='echo Hello' in /etc/bash.bashrc file and log back in it only works for the first user. (the one that I changed the file) I even rebooted my PC ...
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How do I execute a sudo command without password and without specifying path?
I have a directory with scripts: /etc/scripts.
Now I want to execute the scripts like: sudo scriptname
without having to provide a password or having to specify the path to the script.
I added /etc/...
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LinuxLite Terminal Intro [closed]
How do i get rid of
Welcome to Linux Lite 5.2 user Friday 13 November 2020, 00:00:00 Memory Usage: 1698/7913MB (21.46%) Disk Usage: 22/456GB (5%) Support - https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ (Right ...
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gedit: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
I am trying to make use of the alias command to separate the ROS1 and ROS2. I have dual-booted Ubuntu on my MacAir machine and am using the docker container, which I have installed both the ROS1 and ...
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Multiple source lines in .bashrc seem to override each other
I have two packages named pkg1 and pkg2. The pkg1 is part of a workspace labeled abc in /home/csbales while pkg2 is a part of a workspace labeled catkin_ws in /home/csbales. To source them and ROS, ...
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