The ~/.bashrc file determines the behavior of interactive shells. A good look at this file can lead to a better understanding of Bash.
Emmanuel Rouat contributed the following very elaborate .bashrc file, written for a Linux system. He welcomes reader feedback on it.
Study the file carefully, and feel free to reuse code snippets and functions from it in your own .bashrc file or even in your scripts.
Example G-1. Sample .bashrc file
#===============================================================
#
# PERSONAL $HOME/.bashrc FILE for bash-2.05 (or later)
#
# This file is read (normally) by interactive shells only.
# Here is the place to define your aliases, functions and
# other interactive features like your prompt.
#
# This file was designed (originally) for Solaris.
# --> Modified for Linux.
# This bashrc file is a bit overcrowded - remember it is just
# just an example. Tailor it to your needs
#
#===============================================================
# --> Comments added by HOWTO author.
#-----------------------------------
# Source global definitions (if any)
#-----------------------------------
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc # --> Read /etc/bashrc, if present.
fi
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Automatic setting of $DISPLAY (if not set already)
# This works for linux and solaris - your mileage may vary....
#-------------------------------------------------------------
if [ -z ${DISPLAY:=""} ]; then
DISPLAY=$(who am i)
DISPLAY=${DISPLAY%%\!*}
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY:0.0
else
export DISPLAY=":0.0" # fallback
fi
fi
#---------------
# Some settings
#---------------
set -o notify
set -o noclobber
set -o ignoreeof
set -o nounset
#set -o xtrace # useful for debuging
shopt -s cdspell
shopt -s cdable_vars
shopt -s checkhash
shopt -s checkwinsize
shopt -s mailwarn
shopt -s sourcepath
shopt -s no_empty_cmd_completion
shopt -s histappend histreedit
shopt -s extglob # useful for programmable completion
#-----------------------
# Greeting, motd etc...
#-----------------------
# Define some colors first:
red='\e[0;31m'
RED='\e[1;31m'
blue='\e[0;34m'
BLUE='\e[1;34m'
cyan='\e[0;36m'
CYAN='\e[1;36m'
NC='\e[0m' # No Color
# --> Nice. Has the same effect as using "ansi.sys" in DOS.
# Looks best on a black background.....
echo -e "${CYAN}This is BASH ${RED}${BASH_VERSION%.*}${CYAN} - DISPLAY on ${RED}$DISPLAY${NC}\n"
date
if [ -x /usr/games/fortune ]; then
/usr/games/fortune -s # makes our day a bit more fun.... :-)
fi
function _exit() # function to run upon exit of shell
{
echo -e "${RED}Hasta la vista, baby${NC}"
}
trap _exit 0
#---------------
# Shell prompt
#---------------
function fastprompt()
{
unset PROMPT_COMMAND
case $TERM in
*term | rxvt )
PS1="[\h] \W > \[\033]0;[\u@\h] \w\007\]" ;;
*)
PS1="[\h] \W > " ;;
esac
}
function powerprompt()
{
_powerprompt()
{
LOAD=$(uptime|sed -e "s/.*: \([^,]*\).*/\1/" -e "s/ //g")
TIME=$(date +%H:%M)
}
PROMPT_COMMAND=_powerprompt
case $TERM in
*term | rxvt )
PS1="${cyan}[\$TIME \$LOAD]$NC\n[\h \#] \W > \[\033]0;[\u@\h] \w\007\]" ;;
linux )
PS1="${cyan}[\$TIME - \$LOAD]$NC\n[\h \#] \w > " ;;
* )
PS1="[\$TIME - \$LOAD]\n[\h \#] \w > " ;;
esac
}
powerprompt # this is the default prompt - might be slow
# If too slow, use fastprompt instead....
#===============================================================
#
# ALIASES AND FUNCTIONS
#
# Arguably, some functions defined here are quite big
# (ie 'lowercase') but my workstation has 512Meg of RAM, so .....
# If you want to make this file smaller, these functions can
# be converted into scripts.
#
# Many functions were taken (almost) straight from the bash-2.04
# examples.
#
#===============================================================
#-------------------
# Personnal Aliases
#-------------------
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
# -> Prevents accidentally clobbering files.
alias h='history'
alias j='jobs -l'
alias r='rlogin'
alias which='type -all'
alias ..='cd ..'
alias path='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}'
alias print='/usr/bin/lp -o nobanner -d $LPDEST' # Assumes LPDEST is defined
alias pjet='enscript -h -G -fCourier9 -d $LPDEST' # Pretty-print using enscript
alias background='xv -root -quit -max -rmode 5' # put a picture in the background
alias vi='vim'
alias du='du -h'
alias df='df -kh'
# The 'ls' family (this assumes you use the GNU ls)
alias ls='ls -hF --color' # add colors for filetype recognition
alias lx='ls -lXB' # sort by extension
alias lk='ls -lSr' # sort by size
alias la='ls -Al' # show hidden files
alias lr='ls -lR' # recursice ls
alias lt='ls -ltr' # sort by date
alias lm='ls -al |more' # pipe through 'more'
alias tree='tree -Cs' # nice alternative to 'ls'
# tailoring 'less'
alias more='less'
export PAGER=less
export LESSCHARSET='latin1'
export LESSOPEN='|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s 2>&-' # Use this if lesspipe.sh exists
export LESS='-i -N -w -z-4 -g -e -M -X -F -R -P%t?f%f \
:stdin .?pb%pb\%:?lbLine %lb:?bbByte %bb:-...'
# spelling typos - highly personnal :-)
alias xs='cd'
alias vf='cd'
alias moer='more'
alias moew='more'
alias kk='ll'
#----------------
# a few fun ones
#----------------
function xtitle ()
{
case $TERM in
*term | rxvt)
echo -n -e "\033]0;$*\007" ;;
*) ;;
esac
}
# aliases...
alias top='xtitle Processes on $HOST && top'
alias make='xtitle Making $(basename $PWD) ; make'
alias ncftp="xtitle ncFTP ; ncftp"
# .. and functions
function man ()
{
xtitle The $(basename $1|tr -d .[:digit:]) manual
man -a "$*"
}
function ll(){ ls -l "$@"| egrep "^d" ; ls -lXB "$@" 2>&-| egrep -v "^d|total "; }
function xemacs() { { command xemacs -private $* 2>&- & } && disown ;}
function te() # wrapper around xemacs/gnuserv
{
if [ "$(gnuclient -batch -eval t 2>&-)" == "t" ]; then
gnuclient -q "$@";
else
( xemacs "$@" & );
fi
}
#-----------------------------------
# File & strings related functions:
#-----------------------------------
function ff() { find . -name '*'$1'*' ; } # find a file
function fe() { find . -name '*'$1'*' -exec $2 {} \; ; } # find a file and run $2 on it
function fstr() # find a string in a set of files
{
if [ "$#" -gt 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: fstr \"pattern\" [files] "
return;
fi
SMSO=$(tput smso)
RMSO=$(tput rmso)
find . -type f -name "${2:-*}" -print | xargs grep -sin "$1" | \
sed "s/$1/$SMSO$1$RMSO/gI"
}
function cuttail() # cut last n lines in file, 10 by default
{
nlines=${2:-10}
sed -n -e :a -e "1,${nlines}!{P;N;D;};N;ba" $1
}
function lowercase() # move filenames to lowercase
{
for file ; do
filename=${file##*/}
case "$filename" in
*/*) dirname==${file%/*} ;;
*) dirname=.;;
esac
nf=$(echo $filename | tr A-Z a-z)
newname="${dirname}/${nf}"
if [ "$nf" != "$filename" ]; then
mv "$file" "$newname"
echo "lowercase: $file --> $newname"
else
echo "lowercase: $file not changed."
fi
done
}
function swap() # swap 2 filenames around
{
local TMPFILE=tmp.$$
mv $1 $TMPFILE
mv $2 $1
mv $TMPFILE $2
}
#-----------------------------------
# Process/system related functions:
#-----------------------------------
function my_ps() { ps $@ -u $USER -o pid,%cpu,%mem,bsdtime,command ; }
function pp() { my_ps f | awk '!/awk/ && $0~var' var=${1:-".*"} ; }
# This function is roughly the same as 'killall' on linux
# but has no equivalent (that I know of) on Solaris
function killps() # kill by process name
{
local pid pname sig="-TERM" # default signal
if [ "$#" -lt 1 ] || [ "$#" -gt 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: killps [-SIGNAL] pattern"
return;
fi
if [ $# = 2 ]; then sig=$1 ; fi
for pid in $(my_ps| awk '!/awk/ && $0~pat { print $1 }' pat=${!#} ) ; do
pname=$(my_ps | awk '$1~var { print $5 }' var=$pid )
if ask "Kill process $pid <$pname> with signal $sig?"
then kill $sig $pid
fi
done
}
function my_ip() # get IP adresses
{
MY_IP=$(/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | awk '/inet/ { print $2 } ' | sed -e s/addr://)
MY_ISP=$(/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | awk '/P-t-P/ { print $3 } ' | sed -e s/P-t-P://)
}
function ii() # get current host related info
{
echo -e "\nYou are logged on ${RED}$HOST"
echo -e "\nAdditionnal information:$NC " ; uname -a
echo -e "\n${RED}Users logged on:$NC " ; w -h
echo -e "\n${RED}Current date :$NC " ; date
echo -e "\n${RED}Machine stats :$NC " ; uptime
echo -e "\n${RED}Memory stats :$NC " ; free
my_ip 2>&- ;
echo -e "\n${RED}Local IP Address :$NC" ; echo ${MY_IP:-"Not connected"}
echo -e "\n${RED}ISP Address :$NC" ; echo ${MY_ISP:-"Not connected"}
echo
}
# Misc utilities:
function repeat() # repeat n times command
{
local i max
max=$1; shift;
for ((i=1; i <= max ; i++)); do # --> C-like syntax
eval "$@";
done
}
function ask()
{
echo -n "$@" '[y/n] ' ; read ans
case "$ans" in
y*|Y*) return 0 ;;
*) return 1 ;;
esac
}
#=========================================================================
#
# PROGRAMMABLE COMPLETION - ONLY SINCE BASH-2.04
# (Most are taken from the bash 2.05 documentation)
# You will in fact need bash-2.05 for some features
#
#=========================================================================
if [ "${BASH_VERSION%.*}" \< "2.05" ]; then
echo "You will need to upgrade to version 2.05 for programmable completion"
return
fi
shopt -s extglob # necessary
set +o nounset # otherwise some completions will fail
complete -A hostname rsh rcp telnet rlogin r ftp ping disk
complete -A command nohup exec eval trace gdb
complete -A command command type which
complete -A export printenv
complete -A variable export local readonly unset
complete -A enabled builtin
complete -A alias alias unalias
complete -A function function
complete -A user su mail finger
complete -A helptopic help # currently same as builtins
complete -A shopt shopt
complete -A stopped -P '%' bg
complete -A job -P '%' fg jobs disown
complete -A directory mkdir rmdir
complete -A directory -o default cd
complete -f -d -X '*.gz' gzip
complete -f -d -X '*.bz2' bzip2
complete -f -o default -X '!*.gz' gunzip
complete -f -o default -X '!*.bz2' bunzip2
complete -f -o default -X '!*.pl' perl perl5
complete -f -o default -X '!*.ps' gs ghostview ps2pdf ps2ascii
complete -f -o default -X '!*.dvi' dvips dvipdf xdvi dviselect dvitype
complete -f -o default -X '!*.pdf' acroread pdf2ps
complete -f -o default -X '!*.+(pdf|ps)' gv
complete -f -o default -X '!*.texi*' makeinfo texi2dvi texi2html texi2pdf
complete -f -o default -X '!*.tex' tex latex slitex
complete -f -o default -X '!*.lyx' lyx
complete -f -o default -X '!*.+(jpg|gif|xpm|png|bmp)' xv gimp
complete -f -o default -X '!*.mp3' mpg123
complete -f -o default -X '!*.ogg' ogg123
# This is a 'universal' completion function - it works when commands have
# a so-called 'long options' mode , ie: 'ls --all' instead of 'ls -a'
_universal_func ()
{
case "$2" in
-*) ;;
*) return ;;
esac
case "$1" in
\~*) eval cmd=$1 ;;
*) cmd="$1" ;;
esac
COMPREPLY=( $("$cmd" --help | sed -e '/--/!d' -e 's/.*--\([^ ]*\).*/--\1/'| \
grep ^"$2" |sort -u) )
}
complete -o default -F _universal_func ldd wget bash id info
_make_targets ()
{
local mdef makef gcmd cur prev i
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
# if prev argument is -f, return possible filename completions.
# we could be a little smarter here and return matches against
# `makefile Makefile *.mk', whatever exists
case "$prev" in
-*f) COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -f $cur ) ); return 0;;
esac
# if we want an option, return the possible posix options
case "$cur" in
-) COMPREPLY=(-e -f -i -k -n -p -q -r -S -s -t); return 0;;
esac
# make reads `makefile' before `Makefile'
if [ -f makefile ]; then
mdef=makefile
elif [ -f Makefile ]; then
mdef=Makefile
else
mdef=*.mk # local convention
fi
# before we scan for targets, see if a makefile name was specified
# with -f
for (( i=0; i < ${#COMP_WORDS[@]}; i++ )); do
if [[ ${COMP_WORDS[i]} == -*f ]]; then
eval makef=${COMP_WORDS[i+1]} # eval for tilde expansion
break
fi
done
[ -z "$makef" ] && makef=$mdef
# if we have a partial word to complete, restrict completions to
# matches of that word
if [ -n "$2" ]; then gcmd='grep "^$2"' ; else gcmd=cat ; fi
# if we don't want to use *.mk, we can take out the cat and use
# test -f $makef and input redirection
COMPREPLY=( $(cat $makef 2>/dev/null | awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"} /^[^.# ][^=]*:/ {print $1}' | tr -s ' ' '\012' | sort -u | eval $gcmd ) )
}
complete -F _make_targets -X '+($*|*.[cho])' make gmake pmake
_configure_func ()
{
case "$2" in
-*) ;;
*) return ;;
esac
case "$1" in
\~*) eval cmd=$1 ;;
*) cmd="$1" ;;
esac
COMPREPLY=( $("$cmd" --help | awk '{if ($1 ~ /--.*/) print $1}' | grep ^"$2" | sort -u) )
}
complete -F _configure_func configure
# cvs(1) completion
_cvs ()
{
local cur prev
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
if [ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ] || [ "${prev:0:1}" = "-" ]; then
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'add admin checkout commit diff \
export history import log rdiff release remove rtag status \
tag update' $cur ))
else
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -f $cur ))
fi
return 0
}
complete -F _cvs cvs
_killall ()
{
local cur prev
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
# get a list of processes (the first sed evaluation
# takes care of swapped out processes, the second
# takes care of getting the basename of the process)
COMPREPLY=( $( /usr/bin/ps -u $USER -o comm | \
sed -e '1,1d' -e 's#[]\[]##g' -e 's#^.*/##'| \
awk '{if ($0 ~ /^'$cur'/) print $0}' ))
return 0
}
complete -F _killall killall killps
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