# Sensible Bash - An attempt at saner Bash defaults # Maintainer: mrzool # Repository: https://github.com/mrzool/bash-sensible # Version: 0.2.2 # Unique Bash version check if ((BASH_VERSINFO[0] < 4)) then echo "sensible.bash: Looks like you're running an older version of Bash." echo "sensible.bash: You need at least bash-4.0 or some options will not work correctly." echo "sensible.bash: Keep your software up-to-date!" fi ## GENERAL OPTIONS ## # Prevent file overwrite on stdout redirection # Use `>|` to force redirection to an existing file set -o noclobber # Update window size after every command shopt -s checkwinsize # Automatically trim long paths in the prompt (requires Bash 4.x) PROMPT_DIRTRIM=2 # Enable history expansion with space # E.g. typing !! will replace the !! with your last command bind Space:magic-space # Turn on recursive globbing (enables ** to recurse all directories) shopt -s globstar 2> /dev/null # Case-insensitive globbing (used in pathname expansion) shopt -s nocaseglob; ## SMARTER TAB-COMPLETION (Readline bindings) ## # Perform file completion in a case insensitive fashion bind "set completion-ignore-case on" # Treat hyphens and underscores as equivalent bind "set completion-map-case on" # Display matches for ambiguous patterns at first tab press bind "set show-all-if-ambiguous on" # Immediately add a trailing slash when autocompleting symlinks to directories bind "set mark-symlinked-directories on" ## SANE HISTORY DEFAULTS ## # Append to the history file, don't overwrite it shopt -s histappend # Save multi-line commands as one command shopt -s cmdhist # Record each line as it gets issued PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a' # Huge history. Doesn't appear to slow things down, so why not? HISTSIZE=500000 HISTFILESIZE=100000 # Avoid duplicate entries HISTCONTROL="erasedups:ignoreboth" # Don't record some commands export HISTIGNORE="&:[ ]*:exit:ls:bg:fg:history:clear" # Use standard ISO 8601 timestamp # %F equivalent to %Y-%m-%d # %T equivalent to %H:%M:%S (24-hours format) HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T ' # Enable incremental history search with up/down arrows (also Readline goodness) # Learn more about this here: http://codeinthehole.com/writing/the-most-important-command-line-tip-incremental-history-searching-with-inputrc/ bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward' bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward' bind '"\e[C": forward-char' bind '"\e[D": backward-char' ## BETTER DIRECTORY NAVIGATION ## # Prepend cd to directory names automatically shopt -s autocd 2> /dev/null # Correct spelling errors during tab-completion shopt -s dirspell 2> /dev/null # Correct spelling errors in arguments supplied to cd shopt -s cdspell 2> /dev/null # This defines where cd looks for targets # Add the directories you want to have fast access to, separated by colon # Ex: CDPATH=".:~:~/projects" will look for targets in the current working directory, in home and in the ~/projects folder CDPATH="." # This allows you to bookmark your favorite places across the file system # Define a variable containing a path and you will be able to cd into it regardless of the directory you're in shopt -s cdable_vars # Examples: # export dotfiles="$HOME/dotfiles" # export projects="$HOME/projects" # export documents="$HOME/Documents" # export dropbox="$HOME/Dropbox"