Custom configs around Bash.
This repository is a handy place to hold small terminal apps and bash configs.
Install process:
- Clone the repository in your home directory.
- Create a backup of you
.bashrc.
mv ~/.bashrc ~/custom_bash/backup/.bashrc.bk- Make a symlink to the new
.bashrcof this repository
mv ~/.bashrc ~/custom_bash/backup/.bashrc.bkNB: In this repository .bashrc, don't forget to update CUSTOM_BASH_PATH with your personal path where this repo is located.
I added a new command: voca [number, default = 1][-e] that I programmed in Java. This command takes a number as parameter, the default value being 1. This command select a random line in the vocabulary_en_fr.txt file and displays it. I modified the .bash_profile and bash_aliases_onyr.sh to make the command run at launch.
voca [OPTION]
AVAILABLE OPTIONS
<int> - Display <int> random vocabulary words from vocabulary_en_fr.txt
-e - Launch gedit to modify the vocabulary_en_fr.txt file in case you
what to add new words or correct mistakesNB: You can dissable it by just removing the line voca in bash_aliases_onyr.sh.
Bash/Prompt customization: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bash/Prompt_customization
256 COLORS - CHEAT SHEET: https://jonasjacek.github.io/colors/
Bash tips: Colors and formatting: https://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting
Terminal codes (ANSI/VT100) introduction: https://wiki.bash-hackers.org/scripting/terminalcodes
Unicode UTF-8 symbol picked: https://unicode-table.com/en/sets/star-symbols/
ASCII text converter: http://www.patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Graffiti&t=Type%20Something%20
Ubuntu transparent terminal: https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/change-terminal-color-ubuntu-linux-background-text.html
Some commands, tips and code snippets to edit you prompt
▶: Wrapping the tput output in \[ \] is recommended by the Bash man page. This helps Bash ignore non-printable characters so that it correctly calculates the size of the prompt.
▶: \[ escape is used to begin a sequence of non-printing characters
▶: \] escape is used to signal the end of such a sequence
▶: \e or \033 or \x1b is shorthand for the Escape character
▶: writing in this script BLUE= "any_value" will result in bash to think it is a command because of the space after the = sign, and return an error!
▶: This is what you can use to define colors for your prompt, replace # with an int (0 - 255) to pick a color. Use tools to help you.
\x1b[38;5;#m (foreground), # = 0 - 255 to pick a specific color
\x1b[48;5;#m (background), # = 0 - 255 to pick a specific color▶: Only works with "echo -e" command, not inside the PS1 variable!
\x1b[38;2;r;g;bm r = red, g = green, b = blue foreground
\x1b[48;2;r;g;bm r = red, g = green, b = blue background▶: Only works with "echo -e" command, not inside the PS1 variable!
off = '\x1b[0m' # off
default = '\x1b[39m' # default foreground
DEFAULT = '\x1b[49m' # default background▶: Only works with "echo -e" command, not inside the PS1 variable!
bd = '\x1b[1m' # bold
ft = '\x1b[2m' # faint
st = '\x1b[3m' # standout
ul = '\x1b[4m' # underlined
bk = '\x1b[5m' # blink
rv = '\x1b[7m' # reverse
hd = '\x1b[8m' # hidden
nost = '\x1b[23m' # no standout
noul = '\x1b[24m' # no underlined
nobk = '\x1b[25m' # no blink
norv = '\x1b[27m' # no reverse▶: possibility to use RGB colors only with echo -e command
▶: Inside PS1, rather use the 256 colors available, use Tool> 256 color picker and Tool> 256 color format to help you.
echo -e "\x1b[38;2;50;50;50m Welcome BACK \x1b[39m ${BLUE}"
echo -e "\x1b[48;2;100;100;100m Hello boiiii \x1b[49m"256 color format: https://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting
256 color picker: https://jonasjacek.github.io/colors/