.files

Configuration files for command line programs I use — like bash

bash_profile

This, my friends, is my common .bash_profile. It's a fun and friendly set of aliases, functions, and default options for your command line. You can add it to your home directory as .bash_profile, bur I'd suggest including it from your existing .bash_profile in a way that'll give you more freedom:

export SOURCECACHE=~/src
if [[ -f ${SOURCECACHE}/sidniciousrc/bash_profile ]]; then
	. ${SOURCECACHE}/sidniciousrc/bash_profile
fi

Setting that SOURCECACHE variable to the location of your source code also unlocks the sc feature of sidniciousrc, described below.

What do I get?

• Helpful aliases including sre (resume last screen session), l (ls -l), la (ls -la), and .. (cd ..)!
• Mac-specific aliases like openports (show yer open ports) and o (open the working directory in the Finder)!
• bonus! The TextMate-specific alias m (open the working directory as a TextMate project)!
• Color output is enabled by default for most commands!
• Command lines starting with a space are omitted from your command history for those super-secret tasks!
• The up and down arrow keys now search your command history for commands starting with the characters you've already typed! ^R without all the hassle!
• A simple, per-machine-colorizable prompt (optionally set PROMPT_COLOR and ORNAMENT_COLOR in the parent .bash_profile)!
• The sc function to quickly jump to the source code directory of any of your projects!
• The cl function, to change to and list the contents of a directory in one step!
• And two surprise functions available to only those of you who read the darn thing!

inputrc

• The up and down arrow keys only show history entries that begin with what you've typed so far
• Case-insensitive completion
• control+j/k scrolls through autocomplete choices
• Autocomplete on the first press of tab
• Hide the part of the name that all the autocomplete choices share

Comments, complaints, and additions are welcome!