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Why is `~/.zlogout` not sourced when non-interactive ZSH shell runs `exit`?
My ~/.zlogout contains the following:
echo '~/.zlogout!'
Let's run the following script:
su user -ls /bin/zsh -c 'echo kaasbier; exit'
Nothing is echoed (besides the kaasbier). I am testing this in ...
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What means "bind c screen" in .screenrc config?
I only want to understand what the lines in this .screenrc config does:
bind c screen 1
bind ^c screen 1
bind 0 select 10
screen 1
I found the config here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/
Through this my ...
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Symlink one directory, its contents and file structure to target directory, with automatic updates
Asked something similar a while ago in Unix&Linux but got yelled at, so will try again...
Let me take a directory called DIR with the structure
DIR/
|----> file1.txt
|----> file2.txt
|----&...
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Copy single dotfile from a folder to another on local machine
Before you downvote, I have read the following solutions:
How do I copy file named starting with a dot?
How to copy with cp to include hidden files and hidden directories and their contents?
Linux / ...
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What is ranger's show_hidden_bookmarks setting good for?
Ranger's man page states:
show_hidden_bookmarks [bool]
Show dotfiles in the bookmark preview window? (Type ')
I played around with it but can not figure out what it actually does. My bookmark ...
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Exclude hidden folders using rsync, but Include specific hidden folders and include all hidden files
There are a lot of posts about rsync exclude being particular, I know, and I've spent some time digging myself for a solution, but thought it more expedient to defer to community mind power, which I'm ...
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bash automatically executing a tool-specific configuration file on login
My project uses an internal tool on Linux, that uses a file called .spacerc for configuring some environmental variables.
The strange thing is, whenever I start a (non-login interactive) bash shell - ...
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Hide dot files using ftp with Windows Explorer (Linux backend)
The company who I used to host my websites with has just been sold to another (site5.com), and my websites have been migrated.
With the original company, if one was to view a remote directory using ...
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Managing multiple subsets of dotfiles
I'm using git to store my dotfiles, but now that I've started using multiple implementations of Linux, I'm finding that my dotfiles between flavors diverge a bit, depending on what I'm using that ...
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zsh - differentiate between source ~/.zshrc and shell initially reading .zshrc
Is there a command or environment variable that I can test for in my ~/.zshrc that that would differentiate between when I run source ~/.zshrc to update my configuration and when the shell reads ~/....
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How to Keep Dot-Files up to date?
I've got two computers, one at work and one at home. The work one has a VM running Arch, and the home one runs Arch natively. The work one usually stays at work, but push a lot of stuff back and ...
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Get the ip address from ifconfig
I was updating my shell dot file, and I thought that it would be nice to have an alias that show just my ip.
I usually connect with wifi, which is on wlan0 and it's the last "block" of devices.
So I'...
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How to add files to dotfile-castle with homesick?
So I've setup my dotfiles repo on github and installed homesick to manage my dotfiles. So now I happend to have a clone of the repo on my local machine but also a cloned CASTLE (~/.homesick/repo/...
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How can I put my skype notification settings in a public git repo
I maintain key configuration files in a public git repo - I'd like to put my skype configuration in it too, because I find the default configuration way too noisy.
The newer version has started ...
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Can gnu screen prompt for a title when a new window is created?
There are a number of questions about automatically naming screen windows based on what's running in them.
But sometimes why you created the window is more important than what you're doing in it.
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