Hi
Can anyone tell me if it is at all possible to edit ones .bash_profile, to make the setting on of line numbers (in vi/vim), permanent?
I've been to a few IRC channels and people keep telling me it is more of a vi/vim thing and to use something called ".vimrc", however I heard that it is... (3 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I modified my .bash_profile script , and tried to change the prompt.
Following is the line of code in my .bash_profile script.
export PS1=" \W "
But I get the output as:
\W
This appears to be my prompt now.
Any idea what should be done..
Thanks! (0 Replies)
We are more users using the oracle account, and people want to include theyr own files in .bash_profile. Like this:
while ; do
echo -n "LOGNAME is '$LOGNAME' (no sens), who are you? " >/dev/stderr
read ln
export LOGNAME=$ln
done
This works well when logging in to... (1 Reply)
Hi all. when i connect as user megaguru i have a problem my .bash_profile does not working^:(
if i do:
. ./.bash_profile
all enviroment variables are in place. How can i force linux to use .bash_profile before logon process?
thanx in advance. (1 Reply)
Hello Friends,
I was trying to give a text/welcome message to a specific user just after his login.
For that i had added a echo test message line in .bash_profile of that user.
Which is not working ....
Also i had to execute a script on his login
for that i had tried to enter the... (6 Replies)
I am using solaris 10 x86. I have created a .bash_profile under root's home directory(/). The contents of the file are:
Solaris10u8/# cat .bash_profile
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin
export PS1='\h\w\$ '
export PAGER="less -imsq"
alias ll='ls -l'
alias la='ls -a'
The problem is that:
... (7 Replies)
Hi,
happy new year.
on AIX 6.1 , for user oracle , there are two files :
bash_profile and .profile
I do not know which one is executed when login ? How to know ,
More over in both of them we have :
in .profile :
ORACLE_HOME=/appli/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I wanted to do the following, but the command does not seem to work. Any ideas or suggestions please help.
#1. If the particular ENV variable IMPACT_HOME is not there in a file
grep -q IMPACT_HOME infile || sed -i 'i IMPACT_HOME=/my/new/path' infile
#2. If the ENV variable... (4 Replies)
Hi,
Unexpectedly i entered wrong entries in .bash_profile for my user which has administrative permissions. So, i am getting errors for every command. I dont have backup file also, so any body can help me how to recover it.
Regards,
Mastan (7 Replies)