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export LSCOLORS=gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
2009-05-04 04:07:36
User: haivu
Functions: export
Tags: bash ls osx
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Mac OS X: Change Color of the ls Command

I use terminal with black background on the Mac. Unfortunately, the default ls color for the directory is blue, which is very hard to see. By including the line above in my ~/.bash_profile file, I changed the directory's color to cyan, which is easer to see. For more information on the syntax of the LSCOLORS shell variable:

man ls

I tested this command on Mac OS X Leopard

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alias tproxy='ssh -ND 8118 user@server&; export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/libtsocks.so"'
2009-03-24 20:24:17
User: P17
Functions: alias export
Tags: Network alias
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Creates a proxy based on tsocks.
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export PS1='\[\033[0;35m\]\h\[\033[0;33m\] \w\[\033[00m\]: '
2009-03-18 22:05:48
User: kamiller
Functions: export
Tags: color prompt
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colored prompt

It colors the machine name and current directory different colors for easy viewing.

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export PS1='\n[\u@\h \! \w]\n\[\e[32m\]$ \[\e[0m\]'
2009-03-09 15:34:22
User: haivu
Functions: export
Tags: bash
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Bash prompt with user name, host, history number, current dir and just a touch of color

I put that line in my .bash_profile (OS X) and .bashrc (Linux).

Here is a summary of what the \char means: n=new line, u=user name, h=host, !=history number, w=current work directory

The \[\e[32m\] sequence set the text to bright green and \[\e[0m\] returns to normal color.

For more information on what you can set in your bash prompt, google 'bash prompt'

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export PS1="${PS1%\\\$*}"' \t \$ '
2009-03-09 00:34:08
User: asmoore82
Functions: export
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Add a Clock to Your CLI
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export IFS=$'\n';for dir in $( ls -l | grep ^d | cut -c 52-);do du -sh $dir; done
2009-02-28 20:30:15
User: whatshisname
Functions: cut dir du export grep ls
Tags: bash
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Reports size of all folders in the current folder. Useful when burning CD's and DVD's
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newhostname=$(hostname | awk -F. '{print $1 "." $2}'); ipaddress=$(nslookup `hostname` | grep -i address | awk -F" " '{print $2}' | awk -F. '{print $3 "." $4}' | grep -v 64.142);PS1="[`id -un`.$newhostname.$ipaddress]"' (${PWD}): '; export PS1
2009-02-16 20:11:53
User: simardd
Functions: awk export grep hostname nslookup
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change your PS1 to look better :)

changes the PS1 to something better than default.

[username.hostname.last-2-digits-of-ip] (current directory)

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export PS1='\[\e]0;\h \u \w\a\]\n\[\e[0;34m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0;32m\]\n\$ '
2009-02-13 19:49:17
User: OS2
Functions: export
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set prompt and terminal title to display hostname, user ID and pwd

used in an if-then-else in case the default shell is ksh, not bash.

The $(basename ${0#-}) is handy to echo which shell and strip the dash some flavors put in front of "bash"

if [ $(basename ${0#-}) == "bash" ] ; then

export PS1='\[\e]0;\h \u \w\a\]\n\[\e[0;34m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0;32m\]\n\$ '

else

HOST=`hostname`

ESC=`echo "\033"`

BEL=`echo "\007"`

RAW=`echo "\r"`

export PS1='-${RAW}${ESC}]0;${HOST} ${USER}${BEL}-${ESC}[0;34m${USER}${ESC}[0m@${ESC}[0;34m${HOST%%.*}${ESC}[0;33m${ESC}[0m $ '

fi

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export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=`find /tmp/ssh* -type s -user [user] -mtime -1 | head -1`
2009-02-05 20:55:41
User: wwest4
Functions: export head
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Ride another SSH agent

Must be done as root - will cause subsequent ssh connections to use the identities available via the [user]'s agent socket.

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export PS1='C:${PWD//\//\\\}>'
2009-02-05 17:23:53
User: nerd65536
Functions: export
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Make bash look like DOS

Credit goes here: http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/12/03/some-lists/

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