A custom bash.bashrc.local --- for simplifying life in the modern Bash Terminal

bash.bashrc.local

#moved into /etc/profile
#cat /etc/motd.local
#u see, i want a terminal that tells me something, note: 'tells me something', therefore i'll replace the default below
#fortune

#my crazy nemesis prompts!
#this geek_info function runs some bash commands and prints results
function geek_info {
	echo $(echo $PWD | awk -F/ '{print $NF}')
}

#in my prompt, i'll integrate the output from executing the function geek_info
if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]] ; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]--|On-SERVER|`geek_info`|\[\033[01;34m\]< \t \[\033[01;31m\]\$>*\[\033[00m\] '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]--|On-SERVER|`geek_info`|\[\033[01;34m\]< \t \$>*\[\033[00m\] '
fi


#my aliases
alias c=clear
alias l=ls
alias irb="irb --readline -r irb/completion"
alias ..="cd .."
alias md=mkdir

export EDITOR=vim

alias irc=irssi

#oh, and when u need to make timestamp file names or use those somewhere...
alias timestamp="date +'%Y_%b_%d_%H_%M'"
alias ss="sudo su"


# so that u can just type "go labs" to run/cd "cd /home/username/labs"
function go {
    case $1 in
        "labs")
        cd /home/username/labs
        ;;
        "lab")
        cd /home/username/labs
        ;;
        "home")
        cd /home/username
        ;;
    esac
}

function replace_all {
    #well, let's just echo it and user will invoke this potentially dangerous tool...
    echo "find . -type f | xargs perl -pi -e 's/$1/$2/g'"
    #find $PWD -type f | xargs perl -pi -e 's/$1/$2/g'
}

# for reloading previous/existing screen sessions from last login with just "resume_screen"

function resume_screen {
    screen -d $(screen -ls|grep pts|awk '{print $1}')
    screen -r $(screen -ls|grep pts|awk '{print $1}')
}

export VISUAL=vim
export EDITOR="$VISUAL"

# useful for activating virtualenvs for python virtual environments
alias activate="source env/bin/activate"

alias start="xdg-open"

# could add/remove from above as needed...