wallys-bashrc

wally's custom bashrc. Profile for bash, with all the things you need. Plus some.

What is it?

It's a bash script, suitable for using as a .bashrc (to be pulled in when your shell opens).

What does it do?

Makes your bash look epic.

No seriously. It's intended to be both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

It has a floating status bar ...

... that gives you a clock

Yeah. Simple things eh?

Auto refreshes, real-time. Sits at the top left of your terminal.

... that tells you your CPU load

And gives you a little graph. Sits next to the clock.

... that shows you who's logged on

Next to the CPU graph.

It remembers when you ran previous commands, and how long they took

Because everyone ends up copying a terminal output, and then forgetting when each command was ran.

It's colours let you know if something worked, or if it failed

Excel calls it conditional formatting!

And it knows who you are. Yes, you. MrX, escalated to root via sudo via SSH from a remote host.

Yeah. You.

And it should work on all *nix.

Coded on OSX. Tested on Debian, CentOS.

All this without locking up your shell

By using a subprocess and some signal abuse - it does all this without lagging your shell. (Well, if you're on a slow connection - it'll lag. But not, say, over SSH on a half-decent broadband connection.)

It's here for you to enjoy.

Guys, girls: please take it, extend it, feel very free to suggest changes and extensions.