A collection of configuration files essential to my daily work on UNIXy systems.

Bash Configuration

.bash_profile is executed for login shells (e.g. connecting to a server over SSH), while .bashrc is executed for interactive, non-login shells (e.g. running the 'bash' command directly, opening a new terminal tab).

For the most part, my .bash_profile just wraps .bashrc. The only interesting functionality I've added is a call to a custom login script, dynmotd.sh which displays information about the OS and is useful when logging in over SSH.

As for my .bashrc file, it's really just a few simple alias shortcuts for commonly used tasks. However, I also keep a non-versioned .bashrc_private file that is called from .bashrc and can bootstrap sensitive environment variables or perform other tasks that shouldn't be committed to source control but should be part of the local environment.

Config Files:

• dotfiles/bashrc
• dotfiles/bash_profile
• bin/dynmotd.sh

Bash Shell Tutorials:

• Enhancements to Shell and Vim Productivity
• The Coolest Thing You Didn't KNow Bash Could Do

Bash Shell Books:

• From Bash to Z Shell
• Classic Shell Scripting
• The Linux Command Line

Tmux Configuration

Tmux is a "terminal multiplexer" that dramatically improves efficiency when working on a UNIXy system. A few of the primary benefits I enjoy include the ability to quickly switch between multiple terminal sessions (similar to tabbing in a GUI environment), the ability to arrange my terminal window into multiple panes for different workflows, and the ability to easily leave entire tmux/shell workflows running in the background while disconnecting, travelling, etc.

In addition to my tmux config file, I'm also including a clone of a simple tmux save/restore bash script taken from the dotfiles repo of mislav. This allows one to run the following command to save an active tmux session:

tmux-session save

Or to restore a tmux session:

tmux-session restore

Config Files:

• dotfiles/tmux.conf
• bin/tmux-session

Tmux Tutorials:

• A tmux Primer
• Restore tmux session after reboot

Tmux Books:

• Productive Mouse-Free Development

Vim Configuration

Over the years, I've grown to think of Vim as more of an extension of myself than a text editor. This is the result of both Vim's philosophy as well its extensive capacity for configuration.

In addition to my baseline Vim configuration file, I also use a collection of plugins that can rival more feature-rich editors like SublimeText or Brackets. These plugins are managed by pathogen and live at /workflow/pathogen/bundle.

Config Files:

• dotfiles/vimrc
• pathogen

Vim Tutorials:

• A Vim Tutorial and Primer
• Coming Home to Vim
• Vimtutor

Vim Books:

• Practical Vim
• Learning the vi and Vim Editors
• Pro Vim