bashrc

Some Bash improvements to add into your .bashrc config file

Instructions

Append the configurations in bashrc.txt to your .bashrc configuration file in your home directory.

Improvements

These are the quality of life enhancements contained in this .bashrc template:

History

• Increase the history file size
• Format history command output to include a timestamp of when the command was run
• Make it less likely that multiple Bash sessions for the same user will clobber each other's history

Up-arrow History Completion

• Typing part of a command and pressing up/down will scroll through previous runs of the command from your Bash history

Shell colors and prompt formatting

• Make your default Bash prompt a bit easier to parse, colorize it, and colorize specific output in your shell