http://wiki.folk.zone/ 2026-06-21T12:07:21+00:00 http://wiki.folk.zone/ http://wiki.folk.zone/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:bashrc&rev=1781933111&do=diff bashrc and bash_aliases Files: ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_aliases .bashrc Executed for every interactive non-login bash shell. Key settings: Setting Value Purpose HISTSIZE 10000 Commands kept in memory HISTFILESIZE 20000 Commands kept on disk HISTCONTROL text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:bbjrc&rev=1781933111&do=diff bbjrc (BBJ) File: ~/.bbjrc (JSON) Configuration for BBJ (Bulletin Board Jr), the terminal BBS on tilde.town. Settings Key Value Notes editor /usr/bin/micro Editor for composing posts mouse_integration false Disabled integrate_external_editor true Drops into micro for replies text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:dircolors&rev=1781933111&do=diff .dircolors Controls the colours used by ls (and eza) when listing files. Loaded in ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile via: [ -f ~/.dircolors ] && eval "$(dircolors ~/.dircolors)" Format Generate a default template to edit: dircolors --print-database > ~/.dircolors text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:dotfiles&rev=1781933111&do=diff Dotfiles Shell and tool configuration files tracked in the tilde.town git repo and synced via rsync. Shell Loading Order For a login shell (SSH, terminal login): * ~/.profile → sources ~/.bashrc, adds ~/bin to PATH, runs tilde welcome * ~/.profile.d/00-env.sh text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:gitconfig&rev=1781933111&do=diff gitconfig File: ~/.gitconfig Identity [user] name = Brennan Brown email = mail@brennanbrown.ca Core [core] editor = micro pager = bat --style=changes # bat shows git diff markers autocrlf = input # normalise line endings on commit quotePath = false # don't escape Unicode in paths fileMode = false # ignore chmod changes text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:inputrc&rev=1781933111&do=diff inputrc (Readline) File: ~/.inputrc Readline configuration — applies to bash and any other program using the GNU Readline library. Completion set show-all-if-ambiguous on # show completions without needing Tab twice set completion-ignore-case on # case-insensitive completion set completion-map-case on # treat - and _ as equivalent set colored-stats on # colour-code completion types set colored-completion-prefix on set visible-stats on # show file type in… text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:plan&rev=1781933111&do=diff .plan and .project Files: ~/.plan, ~/.project Part of the Finger protocol — served to anyone who runs finger brennan@tilde.town. .plan Originally meant for professional status updates. Culturally evolved into personal manifestos, current thoughts, and links. Essentially the first social media profile. text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:profile&rev=1781933111&do=diff profile and profile.d Files: ~/.profile, ~/.profile.d/00-env.sh, ~/.profile.d/10-aliases.sh, ~/.profile.d/20-functions.sh, ~/.profile.d/30-tools.sh ~/.profile Executed for login shells. Three jobs: * Sources ~/.bashrc if bash is running * Adds text/html 2026-06-20T05:25:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.folk.zone/doku.php?id=terminal:shell:start&rev=1781933111&do=diff Shell Configuration Pages Page Description Dotfiles Overview of all dot files and config locations .bashrc and .bash_aliases Interactive shell settings, history, prompt, aliases .profile and .profile.d Login shell environment variables and functions .inputrc GNU Readline key bindings and completion behaviour