diff -r ef5dc6d9b9a0 -r 2a7388c5fef2 bash.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/bash.rst Tue Oct 25 23:02:32 2011 +0300 @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*- + +======= + Bash. +======= + +How override PS1, PS2? +====================== + +When loading bash read ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc. + +Put at end of these files:: + + PS1='\u@\H$ ' + +When xterm start bash - it start as non-login. So ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc +didn't read. To workaround this use:: + + $ xterm -e bash -i -c "mc -x" + +That make bash interactive and init file was readed. + +Command history. +================ + +Bash allow accessing to command that you type previously. There are several +options to control command history behavior. Set corresponding variables in +your ~/.bashrc file (which is read by interactive shell):: + + # 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 + export HISTCONTROL=igrorespace:erasedups + export HISTIGNORE=" ?cd *":"e *":"sudo mv *":"sudo rm *":"sudo cp *":"sudo mkdir *":"sudo chmod *":"sudo chown *":ls:pwd:"vlc*" + +There are another options, with default values (which satisfy my needs, so +I don't put they to ~/.bashrc):: + + export HISTFILE=~/.bash_history # where is command history stored + export HISTFILESIZE=500 # how many lines been in $HISTFILE + export HISTSIZE=500 # how many lines been stored in bash process + +mc (GNU Midnight Commander). +---------------------------- + +You can also set special history rules for mc subshell in ~/.mc/bashrc file. + +Bash history. +============= + + http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/scripting/bashchanges + This article is an incomplete overview of changes to Bash over + the time. + +