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#1 2011-02-24 02:19:21
- neofax
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bashrc problem with new install
Every time I open a terminal under my normal account, I get the following error:
bash: /home/terry/.bashrc: line 1269: syntax error near unexpected token `('
bash: /home/terry/.bashrc: line 1269: ` ?(-)c*f)'How can I fix that?
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#2 2011-02-24 02:27:59
- jasonwryan
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Re: bashrc problem with new install
One way to help us assist you would be to pastebin your .bashrc
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#3 2011-02-24 22:17:37
- neofax
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Re: bashrc problem with new install
Here is the pastebin: http://pastebin.mozilla.org/1096443
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#4 2011-02-24 22:36:04
- ewaller
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Re: bashrc problem with new install
That is interesting, but where did it come from? It is not part of a normal Arch installation. Is/was your home directory used with another distro?.
Do you use all (or any) of that script? If not, you could just rename the file to something else so that it does not get invoked. Unfortunately, by bash-fu is not up to the task of debugging that script.
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#5 2011-02-24 22:42:57
- jasonwryan
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Re: bashrc problem with new install
Start with a .bashrc that you actually understand: keep it simple...
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#6 2011-02-25 20:04:20
- neofax
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Re: bashrc problem with new install
That bashrc came from my old Linux Mint bashrc.
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#7 2011-02-25 21:25:05
- bernarcher
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Re: bashrc problem with new install
The bashrc of yours contains too many Linux Mint specific generalizations.
Better start over again with what the bash package provides:
/etc/profile (and the files in the /etc/profile.d/ folder)
/etc/bash.bashrc
And a fresh copy of ~/.bashrc (rename your Mint one for later reference if you like) taken from /etc/skel/.bashrc
Note: The files in the /etc/skel folder will be copied into a new user's home directory. Thus you may as well create a new (test) user and start with the files from there.
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