CONFIGURING BASH
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Setting The Shell
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$ env SHELL=/bin/bash

Log out, and log in.


Setting The Path
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Edit:
~/.bashrc

Add:
 PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin;/usr/sbin;/sbin
 export PATH

You can add as many directories as you want to the path. Just be sure
they are the complete directory and that each entry is separated by a
semi-colon.


Modify The Prompt
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Edit:
~/.bashrc

Add:
 PS1="\[\033[1;31m\]\u\[\033[0;32m\]@\h \[\033[0;36m\]\w \[\033[1;31m\]$ \[\033[0;37m\]"

This adds the user's name ( \u ), the at symbol ( @ ), the host's name
( \h ) and the current working directory ( \w ) to the prompt and makes
the prompt symbol the dollar sign ( $ ). It also changes the colours for
each of these. The user's name is now bold and red, the at symbol and
the host's name are now green, the working directory is cyan, the prompt
symbol is bold red and the command line text is white. Note that the 
colour code appears before the various prompt additions.


Bash Prompt Colour-Codes (8-colour mode)
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         Regular         Bold            Background      HTML (light - dark)
black    \[\033[0;30m\]  \[\033[1;30m\]  \[\033[40m\]    #555555 - #000000
red      \[\033[0;31m\]  \[\033[1;31m\]  \[\033[41m\]    #ff5555 - #aa0000
green    \[\033[0;32m\]  \[\033[1;32m\]  \[\033[42m\]    #55ff55 - #00aa00
yellow   \[\033[0;33m\]  \[\033[1;33m\]  \[\033[43m\]    #ffff55 - #aa5500
blue     \[\033[0;34m\]  \[\033[1;34m\]  \[\033[44m\]    #5555ff - #0000aa
magenta  \[\033[0;35m\]  \[\033[1;35m\]  \[\033[45m\]    #ff55ff - #aa00aa
cyan     \[\033[0;36m\]  \[\033[1;36m\]  \[\033[46m\]    #55ffff - #00aaaa
white    \[\033[0;37m\]  \[\033[1;37m\]  \[\033[47m\]    #ffffff - #aaaaaa

Note: HTML values are approximate.


Coloured 'ls' And 'dir' Results
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Edit:
~/.bashrc

Add:
 alias ls="ls -CF --color=auto"
 alias dir="ls -CF --color=auto"


Merge .bashrc And .bash_profile
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To reconcile .bash_profile (which is used by bash for login shells) and
.bashrc so that both have the same paths and appearance, edit: 
~/.bash_profile 

Add:
 if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    source ~/.bashrc
 fi