unix_profile_bash.md

Setting global bash profile

(run once and the setup will be retained)

$ pwd                             # ensure you are in the home directory
/Users/reshamashaikh
$ emacs ~/.bash_profile           # edit file
$ source ~/.bash_profile          # run file

Edit .bash_profile by adding these aliases

alias ls='ls -G'
alias rm='rm -i'

'ls -G' will print directories in blue

'rm -i' will prompt user to confirm if file should be deleted

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Setting local session bash profile

(must be re-run each time terminal is started)

$ pwd
/Users/reshamashaikh
$ emacs .bash_profile
$ source .bash_profile

Resources

My Mac OSX Bash Profile by Nathaniel Landau

Aaron's .bash_profile