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Commands tagged .bash_profile

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export PROMPT_COMMAND='if (($? > 0)); then echo -ne "\033[1;31m"; fi'; export PS1='[\[\]\u\[\033[0m\] \[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0m\]]\$ '
2010-08-25 21:19:30
User: quintic
Functions: echo export
Tags: bash PROMPT_COMMAND .bash_profile ps1
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Colour part of your prompt red to indicate an error

If the return code from the last command was greater than zero, colour part of your prompt red. The commands give a prompt like this:

[user current_directory]$

After an error, the "[user" part is automatically coloured red.

Tested using bash on xterm and terminal. Place in your .bashrc or .bash_profile.

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declare -f [ function_name ]
2009-10-22 17:52:47
User: haivu
Tags: bash function .bash_profile
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Show bash's function definitions you defined in .bash_profile or .bashrc

If you omit the function name, the command will display all definitions

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alias nl2space="perl -ne 'push @F, \$_; END { chomp @F; print join(qq{ }, @F) , qq{\n};}' "
2009-10-01 02:22:23
User: relay
Functions: alias
Tags: bash, perl, .bash_profile aliase
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change newlines to spaces (or commas or whatever). Acts as a filter or can have c/l args

# newline to space; the whack before dollar-underbar is required

alias nl2space="perl -ne 'push @F, \$_; END { chomp @F; print join(qq{ }, @F) , qq{\n};}' "

# newline to comma; the whack before dollar-underbar is required

alias nl2,="perl -ne 'push @F, \$_; END { chomp @F; print join(qq{,}, @F) , qq{\n};}' "

PROMPT> cat /tmp/foo

foo-001

foo-002

foo-003

foo-004

foo-005

foo-006

foo-007

foo-008

foo-009

foo-010

# 'tr' does not give a newline after it run. Makes a messy commandline.

PROMPT> cat /tmp/foo|tr "\n" ' '

foo-001 foo-002 foo-003 foo-004 foo-005 foo-006 foo-007 foo-008 foo-009 foo-010 $PROMPT> tr "\n" ' ' /tmp/foo

# 'tr' does not take arguements

PROMPT> tr "\n" ' ' /tmp/foo

tr: extra operand `/tmp/foo'

Try `tr --help' for more information.

# 'nl2space' is a filter and takes arguements, adds a newline after it runs.

PROMPT> cat /tmp/foo| nl2space

foo-001 foo-002 foo-003 foo-004 foo-005 foo-006 foo-007 foo-008 foo-009 foo-010

PROMPT> nl2space /tmp/foo

foo-001 foo-002 foo-003 foo-004 foo-005 foo-006 foo-007 foo-008 foo-009 foo-010

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