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Replace .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc. with something much more clean, consistent, and meaningful.
#!/bin/bash
# License: Public Domain.
# Author: Joseph Wecker, 2012
#
# Are you tired of trying to remember what .bashrc does vs .bash_profile vs .profile?
# Are you tired of trying to remember how darwin/mac-osx treat them differently from linux?
# Are you tired of not having your ~/.bash* stuff work the way you expect?
#
# Symlink all of the following to this file:
# * ~/.bashrc
# * ~/.bash_profile
# * ~/.profile
# * ~/.bash_login
#
# And then you can use these instead:
# * ~/.bashrc_all sourced on every bash instantiation
# * ~/.bashrc_script sourced only when non-interactive
# * ~/.bashrc_interactive the one you'll probably fill up (MUTALLY EXCLUSIVE w/ .bashrc_script)
# * ~/.bashrc_login sourced only when an interactive is also a login
#
# To reiterate, `.bashrc_all` will always be run first.
# Then either `.bashrc_script` OR `.bashrc_interactive` will be run next
# depending on whether or not the bash invocation is... interactive.
# Finally, sometimes, like when you first ssh into a machine or often when
# opening a new terminal window on a mac, the `.bashrc_login` will be run
# after the `.bash_interactive`. So `.bashrc_login` is the one where you'd echo
# a banner or whatever.
#
#
# In addition to the dispatching, you'll see below that you'll forever have the
# following available:
# * $SHELL_PLATFORM # (at the moment just 'LINUX', 'OSX', or 'OTHER')
# * shell_is_linux
# * shell_is_osx
# * shell_is_interactive
# * shell_is_script
#
# The functions are meant for clean conditionals in your new .bashrc_* scripts-
# like:
# $ shell_is_linux && echo 'leenux!'
# or something like:
# $ if shell_is_interactive; then echo 'interact'; fi
# etc... And now I think these comments have reached parity with the code
# itself which should be easy to extend.
#
#
[ -n "$SHELL_FOR" ] && [ $$ -eq "$SHELL_FOR" ] && exit # Avoid recursive invocation
SHELL_FOR=$$
export SHELL_PLATFORM='OTHER'
unamestr=`uname`
if [[ "$unamestr" == 'Linux' ]]; then SHELL_PLATFORM='LINUX';
elif [[ "$unamestr" == 'Darwin' ]]; then SHELL_PLATFORM='OSX';
fi
if [ -z "$SHELL_DISPATCH_FUNCTIONS" ]; then
shell_is_linux () { return `[[ "$SHELL_PLATFORM" == 'LINUX' ]]`; }
shell_is_osx () { return `[[ "$SHELL_PLATFORM" == 'OSX' ]]`; }
shell_is_login () { return `shopt -q login_shell`; }
shell_is_interactive () { return `[ -n "$PS1" ]`; }
shell_is_script () { return `! shell_is_interactive`; }
export -f shell_is_linux
export -f shell_is_osx
export -f shell_is_login
export -f shell_is_interactive
export -f shell_is_script
export SHELL_DISPATCH_FUNCTIONS=1
fi
[ -z "$BASH_ENV" ] && export BASH_ENV="$BASH_SOURCE"
# Now dispatch special files
[ -f "${HOME}/.bashrc_all" ] && source "${HOME}/.bashrc_all"
[ -f "${HOME}/.bashrc_script" ] && shell_is_script && source "${HOME}/.bashrc_script"
[ -f "${HOME}/.bashrc_interactive" ] && shell_is_interactive && source "${HOME}/.bashrc_interactive"
[ -f "${HOME}/.bashrc_login" ] && shell_is_login && source "${HOME}/.bashrc_login"
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