Work in progress. Pretty colors, handy prompt with 'dirs' status, really useful 'history' stuff.
# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
# for examples
# my favorite editor.
export EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim"
# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
# MAIL {{{
# set the mail location, notification options
MAILPATH="/var/mail/${USER}?You have mail:~/.mbox?$_ has mail!"
# keep an eye on the mail file (access time)
shopt -s mailwarn
# }}}
# COLORING {{{
# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|gnome*) color_prompt=yes;;
esac
# show colors if COLORTERM (which gnome-terminal sets)
if [[ -n "$COLORTERM" || ( $TERM =~ color ) ]]; then
color_prompt=yes;
fi
# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
force_color_prompt=yes
if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
# We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
# (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
# a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
color_prompt=yes
else
color_prompt=
fi
fi
# }}}
# PROMPT {{{
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return
# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
fi
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\e[01;32m\]\u\[\e[00m\] @ \[\e[01;33m\]\h\[\e[00m\] : [${#DIRSTACK[@]}] \[\e[01;34m\]\w\[\e[00m\] \$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|rxvt*)
PROMPT_COMMAND="echo -ne \"\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD/$HOME/~}\007\""
;;
*)
;;
esac
# }}}
# HISTORY {{{
# also write command history at every prompt.
PROMPT_COMMAND=" history -a; ${PROMPT_COMMAND} "
# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) section 'HISTORY' for more options
export HISTCONTROL="ignoredups"
# ... and ignore same sucessive entries, as well as commands starting with a space.
export HISTCONTROL="ignoreboth"
# store more stuff in the history...
export HISTSIZE=10000
export HISTFILESIZE=10000
export HISTTIMEFORMAT="[%DT%T] " # puts full date and time in history records.
# ignore relatively meaningless commands.
export HISTIGNORE="fg*:bg*:history*"
shopt -s histappend #makes bash append to history rather than overwrite
# store multiline commands as single entries in history file
shopt -s cmdhist
# allow re-editing of a history command substitution, if the previous run failed
shopt -s histreedit
# }}}
# SPELLING AND AUTO-COMPLETE {{{
# correct spelling mistakes
shopt -s cdspell
# look at variables that might hold directory paths
# shopt -s cdable_vars
# tab-completion of hostnames after @
shopt -s hostcomplete
# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi
# }}}
# ALIASES {{{
# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
. ~/.bash_aliases
fi
# }}}
# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize
# vim: foldmethod=marker foldenable