I'm trying to find the Slackware equivalent to bashrc

ngWho · 11-24-2007, 04:21 PM

I'm in my /etc directory trying to find what file would be the equivalent of bashrc in slackware. I want to setup some custom aliases and functions, and I understand that bashrc was meant for this?

Vincent_Vega · 11-24-2007, 04:26 PM

In each home directory you make these settings in the .bashrc file. It's hidden, as you see by the preceding '.'

Pratt · 11-24-2007, 04:36 PM

You have to create the ".bashrc" file in your home Folder.

If you dont want to use .bashrc, i guess you could also edit "/etc/profile", but thoose changes would affect every user in the entire system.

ngWho · 11-24-2007, 04:36 PM

I dont see it in my home directory. I'm in the home directory of my basic user account.

Edit: I see. Ok I didn't know I had to create the file. You've gotten me on the right track. I was using /etc/profile and got a bit confused when I learned about the bashrc.. Thanks guys.

Dinithion · 11-24-2007, 05:15 PM

/etc/profile does only apply to login shells, and wont be used for a VT ie. xterm. Near the end of 'man bash' there is a description of all bash files.

ngWho · 11-24-2007, 05:33 PM

I had to add this code to etc/profile but I'm not sure why... I mean, I know what it does but I dont quite get it. I vaguely understand the first part.. I'm guess it checks in the home directory for bashrc. The highlighted statement is what's throwing me off.

The code is to allow the /etc/profile to read the bashrc, but I dont know why and trying to understand it, as I'm currently learning shell scripting.

Code:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    . ~/.bashrc
fi

onebuck · 11-24-2007, 05:42 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by ngWho

I'm in my /etc directory trying to find what file would be the equivalent of bashrc in slackware. I want to setup some custom aliases and functions, and I understand that bashrc was meant for this?

You would create your '.bashrc and .bash_profile' in the user home directory with your favorite text editor, vi of course.

My root .bash_profile;

Code:

~# cat .bash_profile
# .bash_profile
#08-30-06 12:21 gws copied loki:/root
#06-27-07 13:10 gws copied from odin for willi
#
# Source .bashrc
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

My root .bashrc;

Code:

~# cat .bashrc

#.bashrc
#08-30-06 12:20 gws copied loki:/root
#
#06-27-07 13:06 gws added from odin for willi
#
# Add bin to path
export PATH="$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:$HOME/bin"

#export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"

# Dynamic resizing
shopt -s checkwinsize

# Custom prompt
#PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '

#08-29-06 11:40 gws

if [ `id -un` = root ]; then
   PS1='\[\033[1;31m\]\h:\w\$\[\033[0m\] '
 else
   PS1='\[\033[1;32m\]\h:\w\$\[\033[0m\] '
fi
#
# Add color
eval `dircolors -b`

# User defined aliases
alias cls='clear'
alias clls='clear; ls'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias lsa='ls -A'
alias lsg='ls | grep'
alias lsp='ls -1 /var/log/packages/ > package-list'
alias na='nano'
alias web='links -g -download-dir ~/ www.google.com'

#08-29-06 11:50 gws

#To clean up and cover your tracks once you log off
#Depending on your version of BASH, you might have to use
# the other form of this command
   trap "rm -f ~$LOGNAME/.bash_history" 0

#The older KSH-style form
#   trap 0 rm -f ~$LOGNAME/.bash_history

You can custom for each user if so desired;

Code:

#.bashrc
#08-30-06 12:20 gws copied loki:/root
#
#06-27-07 13:06 gws added from odin for willi
#
#06-27-07 13:14 gws added from oden:root to /home/gws/.bashrc

# Add bin to path

export PATH="$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:$HOME/bin"

#export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"

# Dynamic resizing
shopt -s checkwinsize

# Custom prompt
#PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '

#08-29-06 11:40 gws

if [ `id -un` = root ]; then
   PS1='\[\033[1;31m\]\h:\w\$\[\033[0m\] '
 else
   PS1='\[\033[1;32m\]\h:\w\$\[\033[0m\] '
fi

#
# Add color
eval `dircolors -b`

# User defined aliases
alias cls='clear'
alias clls='clear; ls'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias lsa='ls -A'
alias lsg='ls | grep'
alias lsp='ls -1 /var/log/packages/ > package-list'
alias na='nano'
alias web='links -g -download-dir ~/ www.google.com'

#08-29-06 11:50 gws

#To clean up and cover your tracks once you log off
#Depending on your version of BASH, you might have to use
# the other form of this command
   trap "rm -f ~$LOGNAME/.bash_history" 0

#The older KSH-style form
#   trap 0 rm -f ~$LOGNAME/.bash_history

syg00 · 11-24-2007, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ngWho

The code is to allow the /etc/profile to read the bashrc, but I dont know why and trying to understand it, as I'm currently learning shell scripting.

Basic bash - as suggested, try "man bash".
It's checking if the bashrc exists, then executing it. That leading "." is very significant. Also known as "source" - check that manpage. BTW, you can search in man with "/" (e.g. /source) - "n" will get the next occurence; should all be in the manpage ...

duryodhan · 11-24-2007, 07:57 PM

Or you can read man pages in konqueror ... which is way more clearer ...

man:bash in address bar of konqueror .. then ctrl+f or whatever ..

Woodsman · 11-24-2007, 08:09 PM

Quote:

I'm in my /etc directory trying to find what file would be the equivalent of bashrc in slackware. I want to setup some custom aliases and functions, and I understand that bashrc was meant for this?

Perhaps the following will help:

Harmonizing the Bash Startup Scripts

ngWho · 11-24-2007, 08:28 PM

Thanks alot guys. Will look into those, this was a big help.

Alien_Hominid · 11-25-2007, 03:45 PM

Login shell doesn't use ~/.bashrc (only virtual terminal like xterm or konsole do). You need that code only if you wish that your login shell would execute commands in .bashrc.

Mr_C · 11-25-2007, 09:15 PM

Because I want my virtual term to have man pages colours I did this

~/.bashrc

Code:

source ~/.aliases

PS1="\[\033[0;31m\]\u\[\033[1;34m\] - \w
\[\033[0;36m\]()-\[\033[0m\] "

my ~/.bash_profile is a link to the .bashrc

the ~/.alias has

Code:

alias ls='ls --color=auto -p'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias lsa='ls -a'
alias lla='ls -la'
alias cls='clear ; ls'
alias df='df -h'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias who='who -T -H -u'
#alias ps='ps -W -a -f ux'
alias ssh2='ssh -p2200'
alias cp='cp -r'


export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;32m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;36m'


#Black       0;30     Dark Gray     1;30
#Blue        0;34     Light Blue    1;34
#Green       0;32     Light Green   1;32
#Cyan        0;36     Light Cyan    1;36
#Red         0;31     Light Red     1;31
#Purple      0;35     Light Purple  1;35
#Brown       0;33     Yellow        1;33
#Light Gray  0;37     White         1;37


#export PAGER="sh -c \"col -b | view -c 'set ft=man nomod nolist titlestring=MANPAGE' -\""
#alias man="TERMINFO=~/.terminfo/ LESS=C TERM=mostlike PAGER=less man"
#alias ls='ls -h --color=auto -p'
#alias du='du -h'
#alias grep='grep --color'
#alias mv='mv -i'
#alias pico='nano -w'
#alias tar2='tar --use-compress-program=bzip2'
#alias whois='whois -h whois.networksolutions.com'
#alias sftp2='sftp -oPort=2200'

ngWho · 11-25-2007, 11:15 PM

To be honest I understand some of this stuff but a lot of it is foreign grounds. I'm a novice... and also a bit impatient, and that's something I'm working on. The impatience is part of the reason why I'm still a novice.

Alien_Hominid · 11-25-2007, 11:46 PM

Read woodsman's guide then. They're are very good.