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pogeymanz

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Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 1,020

.bashrc function problem

I have the popular "extract" function in my .bashrc:

alias go='startx'
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias pacman='pacman-color'
alias sudo='sudo ' 
alias cp='cp -ivr'
alias mv='mv -iv'

#PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
PS1='\[\e[0;32m[\]\[\e[0;37m\]\u\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;32m\]]\[\e[0;37m\]$ \[\e[m\]\[\e[0;32m\] '

complete -cf sudo

export XTERM='urxvt'
export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome

extract () {
     if [ -f $1 ] ; then
         case $1 in
             *.tar.bz2)   tar xjf $1        ;;
             *.tar.gz)    tar xzf $1     ;;
             *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1       ;;
             *.rar)       unrar x $1     ;;
             *.gz)        gunzip $1     ;;
             *.tar)       tar xf $1        ;;
             *.tbz2)      tar xjf $1      ;;
             *.tgz)       tar xzf $1       ;;
             *.zip)       unzip $1     ;;
             *.Z)         uncompress $1  ;;
             *.7z)        7z x $1    ;;
             *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via extract()" ;;
         esac
     else
         echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
     fi
}

And I also have it in /root/.bashrc.

Yet, when I try to "sudo extract" something, it says extract isn't a function. (Same error as if I typed garbage into the terminal. I don't remember what the wording is)

I think it's because of my "sudo=sudo " alias, which I need for "sudo pacman" to use the pacman-color alias. How can I fix this?

lldmer

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From: Amsterdam

Registered: 2008-05-17

Posts: 119

Re: .bashrc function problem

I'm not sure this will work since you also have it on your /root/.bashrc, but maybe you can try a sudo -E (preserve enviroment).

Edit: sorry, I tested it, and it didn't work for me (I also put it in /root/.bashrc aswell, and don't have a sudo alias).

Last edited by lldmer (2008-08-10 20:50:59)

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robmaloy

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-05-14

Posts: 263

Re: .bashrc function problem

.bashrc doesnt get sourced when u use 'sudo'

either you just 'su' or try this:

http://w00tbl0g.blogspot.com/2007/05/us … -sudo.html

(i'd rather 'su' )

edit:
OR you put the extract function in a script file and put it somewhere in PATH (i.e. /usr/local/bin)

Last edited by robmaloy (2008-08-11 07:03:41)

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Procyon

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Registered: 2008-05-07

Posts: 1,819

Re: .bashrc function problem

If it's just this extract you're missing check out atool.