How to configure local terminal bashrc in MobaXterm?
Let us have a look at how to configure the bashrc file in your local mobaxterm.
Step #1: Open your local bash terminal
#1. Open your MobaXterm
#2. From Terminal Menu, "Open New TAB"
#3. Click Start Local Terminal - Your terminal window will open
You would get a window something like below with a banner message,
Code:
[20XX-XX-XX 10:24.13] ~
[admin.Devopsrun] >
You can customize your settings there.
Step #2: Open or create the file .bashrc
Edit .bashrc file, using the command vim .bashrc
You can customize your settings there.
Step #3: Example customization
Let us enter a simple alias,
Code:
[admin.Devopsrun] >vim .bashrc
alias hello="echo hello world"
Step #4: Reloading the bashrc changes to the shell
It is required that you have to reload the .bashrc file in order to make the changes available in your current shell. (Note, the changes will be available all the time when you open a new terminal/shell).
To reload .bashrc, use any one of the following method,
Code:
. .bashrc
Code:
source .bashrc
Step #5: Testing your new bashrc
Code:
[admin.Devopsrun] >hello
hello world
Another example for creating a bashrc function can be found here: SSH username alias