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Hi,

I was instructed to find all the .bashrc files on my system, that MODIFY the PS1 varaible.

here is what i've come up with so far:

ls / .bashrc -print

woo.

But thats not all. I need to display the full file name ( Including the full path ) and protection.

- I can display the protection ( ls - l ) but not including the .bashrc files
- I dont know how to find .bashrc files that modify PS1 varaible
- the full file name?

Any help is apprecatied.

.bashrc files that modify the PS1 varaible.
or
the .bashrc files that run on login that give me my prompt

right?

im having a hard time finding what to read ( besides man ) that can help with these questions.

You may be looking for /etc/bashrc. It should have a PS1 entry. The local .bashrc refers to that global /etc/bashrc

what i've done is: find / -name .bashrc

which lists all the files on the system that have a name ".bashrc"

when i redirect that output to a file i only get the the .bashrc files that are in the home directory

without redirecting the output i get the .bashrc files that are on the system.

again my question is:

-Find all files on the system named ".bashrc" that modify the PS1 variable. -List the full file name (including the full path) and protection.


Im running the PuTTY configuration system on windows.

i have no way of knowing if what i've found modifies the PS1 variable.

ls -lha .bashrc

give me: -rw-r--r-- <user> size and date .bashrc

i dont think thats all the .bashrc files in the system tho

and how would i get the full path name to the .bashrc file?