Terminal colours and locale
Hi everyone, I use slackware64 13.1. In my root account the terminal have colors for folders, files, etc and characters like ç appear correct.
I create a normal account for me, but specials characters don't appear and terminal have no colors. I read in a lot that I need to configure a .bashrc and a .bash_profile but I don't found this files in my root account to get some guide lines. Can someone explain this to me? |
Greetingz!
For starters, any file that begins with a dot (Example: ".filename") is typically excluded from the output when you run "ls". In order to see these 'hidden files' you have to use "ls -a" (see "man ls" for more options) Side Note: Handy Aliases to put in your .bashrc or .bash_profile file Code:
# List only hidden files & directories Code:
alias ls='ls --color=auto' Here's mine (note this has to be all one line): Code:
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.BAT=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.BTM=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.CMD=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.COM=01;32:*.dll=01;32:*.DLL=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.EXE=01;32:*.arj=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.RAR=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tb2=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tz2=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.ZIP=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.asf=01;35:*.ASF=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.AVI=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.BMP=01;35:*.flac=01;35:*.FLAC=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.GIF=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.JPG=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.JPEG=01;35:*.m2a=01;35:*.M2A=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.M2V=01;35:*.m4a=01;35:*.M4A=01;35:*.m4p=01;35:*.M4P=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.M4V=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.MOV=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.MP3=01;35:*.mpc=01;35:*.MPC=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.MPEG=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.MPG=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.OGG=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.PNG=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.ram=01;35:*.RAM=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.RM=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.TGA=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.TIF=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.TIFF=01;35:*.wav=01;35:*.WAV=01;35:*.wma=01;35:*.WMA=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.WMV=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.XWD=01;35 |
My question is, what is the content of a .bashrc file and a .bash_profile file.
Where are they located, stuff like that. |
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See the bash man page (man bash) if you're interested in the differences between .bashrc and .bash_profile. As for what goes into them; Short Answer: Nothing. The "Good Stuff" should be defined in the global profile files. Long Answer: Anything. A user can specify environment variables within their own .bashrc/.bash_profile file in order to override previously set "Global Defaults" (usually specified in /etc/bashrc or /etc/default/bashrc, check your *NIX distribution's documentation) You can change the PS1 and PS2 shell prompts, define command aliases, setup custom environment variables. It's also possible to setup the shell's command logging options via HISTFILE= HISTSIZE= and a few others. Basically, if you took an autoexec.bat file, rolled it in ecstasy and dipped it in chocolate, that's what a .bashrc file is for. Only it's per-user. Note: When a user calls you with a problem, check the time/date stamp on their shell's profile file (ksh uses .kshrc, csh uses .cshrc, bash can use .bashrc and/or .bash_profile). If the timestamp is recent, they !@#$%^-up their profile. EDIT: To give you an idea of what's in one, here's my *extremely* customized .kshrc file (similar to a .bashrc/.bash_profile. It might even work if renamed) *removed* |
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And about locale? I think I use en_GB and ç don't appear correct, but in root account works? |
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