Thanks I'll give this a try when I get home from work. Stuck on windoze box at work. On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Yes, > > Just add it to the end of your .bash_profile > Should you want ALL USERS to have these great functions you create, you > would edit the /etc/profile (optimally /etc/profile.local since the regular > /etc/profile global profile file will be updated with patches, etc. yet the > local file is for optimizations. > > Here's what it looks like when you can define it: > > function temp( ) { cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature; } > > Here's some other great .bash_profile (or .bashrc) toys: > > function calc() { echo "$*" | bc; } > function mktar() { tar czf "${1%%/}.tar.gz" "${1%%/}/"; } > function mkmine() { sudo chown -R ${USER} ${1:-.}; } > > function newmail() > { > tot=0 > for mb in $MAIL/*; do > cnt=`ls -1 $mb/new/|wc -l` > tot=`expr $tot + $cnt` > echo "$(basename $mb):$cnt" > done > echo "Total:$tot" > } > > # sanitize - set file/directory owner and permissions to normal values > (644/755) > # Usage: sanitize > sanitize() { > chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX "$@" > chown -R ${USER}.users "$@" > } > > then the last line would be where you invoke it: > temp > > Reference: > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-q-and-a-starting.html > > http://wapedia.mobi/en/Obnosis | > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:obnosis | Obnosis.com (503)754-4452 > ________________________________ > ________________________________ >> From: nathan@paysonlinux.org >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> Subject: Re: Can I add a command in bash that starts when I open it? >> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:36:26 -0700 >> >> On Thursday 23 October 2008 22:16:46 Mike Hoy wrote: >> > Just out of curiosity can I have a command execute when I open command >> > line? >> > >> > Thought I would have: >> > >> > cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature >> > >> > start up each time I opened it so I could check my temperature >> > regularly. >> > >> > I searched for the answer and the closest answer I got was putting it >> > in /etc/rc.local, but that didn't work. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Mike Hoy >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> Simple. Add that command to your .bashrc file. Some shells use .profile >> instead. Play around with that. >> >> echo cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature >> .bashrc >> >> nathan >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ________________________________ > Stay organized with simple drag and drop from Windows Live Hotmail. Try it > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Mike Hoy Saguaro Sports --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss