Questions tagged [profile]
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Why might one add ~/.profile to ~/.bash_profile?
When installing RVM the one gets the following message:
* WARNING: You have '~/.profile' file, you might want to load it,
to do that add the following line to '/home/dotancohen/.bash_profile':
source ~/.profile
I'm concerned because my…
dotancohen
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How can I restore the Bash prompt?
For work I just did source .profile from other user, but it changed my bash prompt.
It used to be
[leche@xxx home]$
[leche@xxx home]$
And now it appears like:
[leche@xxx] [10:18 AM$] /home $
$
[leche@xxx] [10:18 AM$] /home $
$
How may I change…
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Is changing background color in unix through .profile is possible?
I am using Unix and accessing it through putty. I have saved IP address, color, font and other attributes in putty. But whenever I am sitting on other PC then I have to again change all this attributes.
Is it possible to save these changes in User…
Inder Mohan
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What sources /etc/profile?
I think /etc/profile is sourced when the system starts but what sources it? It is not sourced within the .bashrc hierarchy when a user logs in. I am using Ubuntu but I believe this is universal across distributions.
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How to work with tabs in new gnome-terminal?
After going Debian 8 (with Kali 2) I can no longer use my pre-defined tabs because apparently some genius decided that gnome-terminal no longer needs that kind of functionality.
I really need my tabs back so I installed a pre 3.11 version that…
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