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xeor edited this page Apr 3, 2011 · 1 revision

Bash specific options and tweeks is in this file.

Here is a list of the "biggest" changes it does. Take a look inside the file for details. Note that all this changes are bash builtins which are not turned on by default.

  • Correct small typos when using cd
  • Automaticly cd into directories without typing 'cd', just the foldername. (bash v4 and above)
  • Turn off mail warnings
  • Enable some extra bash completions.
  • Turn on colors on ls (also for osx)
  • Enables timestamp in history
  • Ignore dupes and common commands in history (like bg,fg,ls,history,ps aux)
  • Set history limit to 2000 entries
  • Enable coloring on man pages
  • Less as default pages, with better "toolbar" and more info. utf-8.
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