# XXX

# [ -f /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc

# XXX for mc, cvs, svn, ...

# export EDITOR=vim

# XXX vim and gnome-terminal have support for 256 colours in fedora 8 at least

# Note debian/ubuntu users should install the ncurses-term package to support this

# export TERM=xterm-256color

# XXX highlight $HOST:$PWD prompt

# PS1='\[\e[1m\]\h:\w\$\[\e[0m\] '

PS1='bash# '

# Don't store duplicate adjacent items in the history.

#   ignorespace     do not save lines that start with space

#   erasedups       all previous lines matching the current line to be removed from

#                   the history list before that line is saved

HISTCONTROL=igrorespace:erasedups

# Don't store noisy/dumb items.

HISTIGNORE=" ?cd *":"e *":"sudo mv *":"sudo rm *":"sudo cp *":"sudo mkdir *":"sudo chmod *":"sudo chown *":ls:pwd:"vlc*"

# To these options assigned default value, as they satisfy my needs I comment them.

# HISTFILE=~/.bash_history  # where is command history stored

# HISTFILESIZE=500          # how many lines been in $HISTFILE

# HISTSIZE=500              # how many lines been stored in bash process

# Can be XXX /visible. I like bell.

# set bell-style visible

# Adjust settings according to current terminal window width

# which may have changed while the last command was running

# (which is a common occurance for vim/less/etc.)

# Note this is already set in /etc/bashrc on Fedora 8 at least.

shopt -s checkwinsize

# Let me have core dumps

ulimit -c unlimited

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# shortcut aliases

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alias ..="cd .."        #go to parent dir

alias ...="cd ../.."    #go to grandparent dir

alias -- -="cd -"       #go to previous dir

alias l.='ls -d .*'     #list hidden files

alias ll='ls -lhrt'     #extra info compared to "l"

alias lld='ls -lUd */'  #list directories

# make and change to a directory

md () { mkdir -p "$1" && cd "$1"; }

# GREP_COLOR=bright yellow on black bg.

# use GREP_COLOR=7 to highlight whitespace on black terminals

# LANG=C for speed. See also: http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/findrepo

# alias grep='GREP_COLOR="1;33;40" LANG=C grep --color=auto'

# alias ls="BLOCK_SIZE=\'1 ls --color=auto" #enable thousands grouping and colour

# alias minicom='minicom -c on' #enable colour

# alias cal='cal -3' #show 3 months by default

# alias units='units -t' #terse mode

# alias diff='LC_ALL=C TZ=GMT0 diff -Naur' #normalise diffs for distribution

# alias lynx='lynx -force_html -width=$COLUMNS' #best settings for viewing HTML

# alias links='links -force-html' #need to enable colour in config menu manually

# alias xterm='xterm -fb "" -bg black -fg gray -fa "Sans Mono" -fs 10 +sb -sl 3000 -g 80x50+1+1'

# alias sudo='sudo env PATH=$PATH' #work around sudo built --with-secure-path (ubuntu)

# alias vim='vim -X' #don't try to contact xserver (which can hang on network issues)

# alias gdb='gdb -tui' #enable the text window interface if possible

# what most people want from od (hexdump)

# alias hd='od -Ax -tx1z -v'

# canonicalize path (including resolving symlinks)

# alias realpath='readlink -f'