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JBallin

Sep 10, 2018 17:08

I'm considering asking a question but not sure if it's "opinion-based":
Why does apple require a legal name to be displayed as the seller on the app store (for individuals) as opposed to allowing for selecting a display name (in addition to providing your legal name to Apple)?

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JBallin

Jul 11, 2018 21:33

@Kusalananda thank you for clarifying!

JBallin

Jul 11, 2018 20:12

@Kusalananda
> @JBallin Ah, but in that particular context (the brew(1) manual), it is assumed that the variable is also an environment variable. So, export HOMEBREW_UPGRADE_CLEANUP=1.

Realized the docs do say to do above (RTFM...) but I'm a little confused why we'd set the var to 1 (falsey) instead of 0 (truthy)

JBallin

Jul 10, 2018 22:28

How do I "set" a variable in bash? `set var`? `export var`? `var = 0`?

> If...HOMEBREW_UPGRADE_CLEANUP is set then...

JBallin

Jun 17, 2018 01:19

opened a question: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/450239/…

JBallin

Jun 16, 2018 22:52

another example: [ -f /usr/local/etc/bash_completion ] && . /usr/local/etc/bash_completion

JBallin

Jun 16, 2018 22:49

Why is it often advised to check for the existence of a file before sourcing it? I would want to know if the file I'm trying to source doesn't exist...otherwise it's a silent "error"

```
if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion ]; then
. `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion
fi
```

JBallin

Jun 10, 2018 06:13

I figured out a workaround to my curl issue btw @FaheemMitha, I think it may have been gist.github specific. I realized I could just use gist -r ID to read the gist (using github.com/defunkt/gist) thanks for your input!

JBallin

Jun 10, 2018 05:32

Thanks for clarifying @Kusalananda!

JBallin

Jun 10, 2018 02:02

@FaheemMitha I can't give a specific link as it seems to be time sensitive. Go to gist.github.com, create a gist, click raw, take the link up until /raw/ and try curl link, now add a change to the gist, and curl it, and even though the link will show the change, the curl output will not

JBallin

Jun 10, 2018 00:32

I'm specifically using the raw link to my GitHub gist

JBallin

Jun 10, 2018 00:31

I'm having some kind of delay with curl. I update the content on a page, and confirm that it's been updated by looking at it in the browser (raw text) and then when I curl it, the updates aren't shown. If I wait like a minute, it seems to work properly. What's the reason?

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 22:08

interesting. can you explain that trade-off? @Jesse_b

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 22:02

@Jesse_b checkout the script I'm using gist.github.com/JBallin/17758cfed06e7415209ce3335490745b

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 21:46

hmm that's basically what they put in, with some minor changes (single [] etc.), the bash completion is added manually

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 21:40

why would you ever want to use \., it just makes things more confusing

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 21:38

@Jesse_b, what was ur issue? the increased shell startup time?

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 21:33

I'm asking about the last line: \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 21:31

Is there a difference between source vs. `.` vs `\.`?

Saw `\.` for the first time here: https://github.com/creationix/nvm/blob/master/README.md#manual-upgrade

(
cd "$NVM_DIR"
git fetch --tags origin
git checkout `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match "v[0-9]*" $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)`
) && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"

As an aside, why do you think he wrote the first few commands in parens instead of using `&&`?

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 20:40

Ah, thank you @MichaelHomer!

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 20:37

@Jesse_b good call. Set to "toggle_theme dark; clear", seems to work well!

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 20:26

printenv doesn't return anything noteworthy when comparing the two profiles

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 20:26

I have different keybindings for which profile I want to open

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 20:25

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 20:24

By "profile", I mean the color of the window. Basic is a white background with black text, homebrew is a black background with green text.

JBallin

Jun 9, 2018 20:24

Is there a way to check which profile I'm running in terminal (Mac)? If I'm running "basic" I want to run a script to change my atom theme to be light, if I'm running "homebrew" I want to change my atom theme to be dark. Any ideas?

JBallin

Apr 21, 2018 22:52

got it thanks @Jesse_b. Im about to start the learnyounode tutorial and I'm trying to figure out a way to make it work without installing the npm package globally.
https://github.com/workshopper/learnyounode

JBallin

Apr 21, 2018 22:49

so it goes up a directory to find that file right? I can't find that file. It doesnt matter what dir I'm in when I call the executable and I don't see that file in /usr/local? @Jesse_b

JBallin

Apr 21, 2018 22:42

What does this file do? It's an executable in /usr/local/bin
```
#!/usr/bin/env node

require('../learnyounode').execute(process.argv.slice(2))
```

JBallin

Apr 4, 2018 21:54

why isn't test deleted? inner is deleted though

JBallin

Apr 4, 2018 21:53

$ mkdir test && mkdir test/inner
$ cd test/inner
$ rm -rf ../../test

JBallin

Apr 1, 2018 21:46

thank you @Kusalananda!

JBallin

Apr 1, 2018 21:09

Why can't I delete a folder using rmdir ., I have to do rmdir ../FOLDERNAME. Just for protection against errors?

JBallin

Feb 21, 2018 20:35

^ solved

JBallin

Feb 21, 2018 20:35

PS1=YOUR PROMPT HERE (without newline)

reset_prompt () {
  PS1="\n$PS1"
}
PROMPT_COMMAND='(( PROMPT_CTR-- < 0 )) && {
  unset PROMPT_COMMAND PROMPT_CTR
  reset_prompt
}'

JBallin

Feb 21, 2018 20:22

so I found a decent solution. now I'm wondering the best way to add a new line to an existing PS1. Something like PS1='\n$PS1' (which isn't working)

JBallin

Feb 21, 2018 20:09

```

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vs.
```
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```

JBallin

Feb 21, 2018 20:08

I have my bash prompt printing a new line before the prompt to give me space between the last command. the issue is that the new line is also there on login. any ideas for how I could eliminate that new line?

JBallin

Feb 12, 2018 17:56

works now

JBallin

Feb 12, 2018 17:56

ah, thanks!

JBallin

Feb 12, 2018 17:51

hey I'm trying to enable syntax highlighting in nano so I added the following to ~/.nanorc:
include "FILEPATH/javascript.nanorc"
but when I source the file I get:
bash: include: command not found

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:56

shows me which branch i'm on

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:56

yea i have a basic git status

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:55

i thought i might as well make it look "sexy"

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:55

im actually just using the command line for git mainly

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:48

i have a pretty basic bash_profile that's "good enough" but this is kind of interesting: gist.github.com/kevin-smets/8568070

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:47

well if i havent used either extensively, which would you recommend getting into

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:42

how'd you choose bash over zsh?

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:42

sounds good thanks guys!

JBallin

Feb 9, 2018 18:37

i was thinking of trying out oh-my-zsh. it's trustworthy right?