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Old 10-24-2008
Having trouble with .bashrc
hey guys,

Im trying to find all my .bashrc files in the home directory.

~/etc/bash.bashrc is the only thing i can find but its outside of my /home

Could the files be hidden? I want to see all my .bashrc files in my /home structure... <cries>
# 2  
Old 10-24-2008
Try ls -a in your home directory.

Files whose names begin with a . are hidden by default in Linux and Unix.
# 3  
Old 10-24-2008
ok, my .bashrc files are hidden, mostlikey under /home

how do i find them?
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Old 10-24-2008
Did you try the command I gave you?

Your .bashrc should only be in one place, in your home directory, e.g. /home/oxoxo/.bashrc (which is the only place bash will look for it).

The one in /etc/ is the "system-wide" version... i.e. the one that is run for all users... the one in your home directory is the one that you have control over.
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Old 10-24-2008
To expand on Annihilannic's explanation, there might not be a .bashrc file in your home directory, which would explain why you cannot find one. There does not necessarily need to be one in order to start your bash shell.
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Old 10-24-2008
Ok, ls -a finds all files in my home directory structure.

.bashrc is there meaning that i've found all the .bashrc files that are within the home directory.

My next ask is to "add a line to change the PS1 varaible to >"

I guess i've done that by simply typing, PS1='>'
 
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