the Comma .bash_profile

Yet another bash profile, born from a necessity of working with many and various remote systems. It is a collection of bash lessons, preferences, ideas, and experiments.

The main feature is that ssh is an alias to ,ssh which will automatically copy .bash_profile to the target host. This ensures you always have the latests profile on your remote machine.

Installation

Install this git repo in ~/.local/share/comma_bash_profile:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/ && cd ~/.local/share/
git clone http://github.com/vanscheijen/comma_bash_profile

Backup and remove your old .bash_profile and .bashrc. Then redirect to the (to be) generated .bash_profile via a symlink:

ln -s ~/.local/share/comma_bash_profile/.bash_profile ~/.bash_profile
ln -s ~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc

Generate the .bash_profile for the first time using these steps, once it is up and running you can use ,make_profile without sourcing first:

source ~/.local/share/comma_bash_profile/function/,make_profile.sh
,make_profile

All done! You should see the comma bash profile login prompt.

Usage

Change files in the comma_bash_profile directory as needed, and run ,make_profile to automatically check and activate.

Type ,help to get a list of all the comma functions.

You can use Ctrl-z to both put a job into the background and return it to the foreground. Some processes capture Ctrl-z, you can use Ctrl-q for those.

Use the s command to become root via sudo or doas while retaining the profile.

Notes

• Internal functions are prefixed with two comma's, e.g. ,,require and are not for command line usage

• The filenames in function/ and profile.d/ are arbitrary, the .sh suffix is just so vim understands the syntax

• I prefer bash internals over externals, but for compatibility I minimize bash 4+ features

• .bashrc is only used by non-login (sub)shells

• ~/.profile and ~/.bash_login will be ignored (see bash man pages) unless sourced by .bashrc

• I would not symlink .bashrc on remote machines

• Symlink .bash_profile of the root user on your workstation to your home directory

• Then also symlink .bashrc -> .bash_profile for root

profile.d numbers

All profile.d/9x_ and profile.d/x9_ files are excluded (see .gitignore), they are for your customization.

This is just a guideline, only the order of execution is important:

Range	Usage
00	Sourcing of other scripts
10	Functions
20	Declarations
30	Aliases
40	Input configuration (readline)
50	Environment
60	Reserved
70	Prompt
80	Login
90	Custom