Configure OSX shell to be like Debian/Ubuntu. Requires MacPorts.

.bashrc

# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
# See bash(1) for more options
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth

# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend

# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=2000

# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize

# If set, the pattern "**" used in a pathname expansion context will
# match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
#shopt -s globstar

# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
case "$TERM" in
    xterm-*color) color_prompt=yes;;
esac

# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
#force_color_prompt=yes

if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
  # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
	# (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
	# a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
	color_prompt=yes
    else
	color_prompt=
    fi
fi

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|rxvt*)
    PS1="\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]$PS1"
    ;;
*)
    ;;
esac

# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
# GNU tools from MacPorts, to install run:
#   sudo port install coreutils +with_default_names
if [ -x /opt/local/libexec/gnubin/dircolors ]; then
    alias dircolors=/opt/local/libexec/gnubin/dircolors
    test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
    #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
    #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'

    alias grep='grep --color=auto'
    alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
    alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
fi

# some more ls aliases
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
    . ~/.bash_aliases
fi

.profile

# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
# exists.

# set PATH so it includes MacPorts sbin if it exists
if [ -d "/opt/local/sbin" ] ; then
    PATH="/opt/local/sbin:$PATH"
fi

# set PATH so it includes MacPorts bin if it exists
if [ -d "/opt/local/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="/opt/local/bin:$PATH"
fi

# set PATH so it includes GNU tools from MacPorts if it exists
if [ -d "/opt/local/libexec/gnubin" ] ; then
    PATH="/opt/local/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
fi

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

# if running bash
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
    # include .bashrc if it exists
    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
        . "$HOME/.bashrc"
    fi
fi

# enable programmable completion features
if [ -f /opt/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
    . /opt/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
fi

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