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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting .bashrc file Post 302366051 by cfajohnson on Wednesday 28th of October 2009 04:29:06 PM
Old 10-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by gentleDean
I am using bash shell and I cant find any .bashrc file in my home dir. Can anybody please help me out here....

man bash:
Code:
       When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a
       non-interactive shell with the --login option, it first reads
       and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if that file
       exists. After reading that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile,
       ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile, in that order, and reads and
       executes commands from the first one that exists and is
       readable. The --noprofile option may be used when the shell is
       started to inhibit this behavior.

       When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started,
       bash reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that file
       exists. This may be inhibited by using the --norc option. The
       --rcfile file option will force bash to read and execute
       commands from file instead of ~/.bashrc.



---------- Post updated at 04:29 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:23 PM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by drl
On Linux systems there are files often used as sources for new account (login) creations. On the system:
Code:
OS, ker|rel, machine: Linux, 2.6.26-2-amd64, x86_64
Distribution        : Debian GNU/Linux 5.0

the .bashrc file is at:
Code:
/etc/skel/.bashrc

It's about 100 lines and should be a good start.

100 lines is excessive. On mine (Mandriva), there are three uncommented, non-empty lines.
 

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chsh

CHSH(1)                                                            User Commands                                                           CHSH(1)

NAME

       chsh - change login shell

SYNOPSIS

       chsh [options] [LOGIN]

DESCRIPTION

       The chsh command changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change
       the login shell for her own account; the superuser may change the login shell for any account.

OPTIONS

       The options which apply to the chsh command are:

       -h, --help
           Display help message and exit.

       -R, --root CHROOT_DIR
           Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.

       -s, --shell SHELL
           The name of the user's new login shell. Setting this field to blank causes the system to select the default login shell.

       If the -s option is not selected, chsh operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current login shell. Enter the new
       value to change the shell, or leave the line blank to use the current one. The current shell is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks.

NOTE

       The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser,
       and then any value may be added. An account with a restricted login shell may not change her login shell. For this reason, placing /bin/rsh
       in /etc/shells is discouraged since accidentally changing to a restricted shell would prevent the user from ever changing her login shell
       back to its original value.

FILES

       /etc/passwd
           User account information.

       /etc/shells
           List of valid login shells.

       /etc/login.defs
           Shadow password suite configuration.

SEE ALSO

       chfn(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5).

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