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how to troubleshoot .bashrc errors

Asked by Julianloui

I just came across two errors in my .bashrc file after I saved the file and rebooted Ubuntu 12.04. The errors were associated with Lines 141 and 146. When I used gedit to examine the error area, I could go only as far as Line 140. I do not recall having edited this area. The indicated hints are terribly vague. I'll appreciate anyone's help.

Julianloui

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

what is the output of:

cat -n ~/.bashrc; cat /etc/issue

Thanks

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#2

Andrew,

Thanks for your quick help. Listed below are the ouputs.

Julianloui

(1) cat /etc/issue

Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS \n \l

(2) cat -n ~/.bashrc'

     1 # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
     2 # see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
     3 # for examples
     4
     5 # If not running interactively, don't do anything
     6 [ -z "$PS1" ] && return
     7
     8 # don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
     9 # See bash(1) for more options
    10 HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
    11
    12 # append to the history file, don't overwrite it
    13 shopt -s histappend
    14
    15 # for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
    16 HISTSIZE=1000
    17 HISTFILESIZE=2000
    18
    19 # check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
    20 # update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
    21 shopt -s checkwinsize
    22
    23 # If set, the pattern "**" used in a pathname expansion context will
    24 # match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
    25 #shopt -s globstar
    26
    27 # make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
    28 [ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
    29
    30 # set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
    31 if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
    32 debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
    33 fi
    34
    35 # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
    36 case "$TERM" in
    37 xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;;
    38 esac
    39
    40 # uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
    41 # off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
    42 # should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
    43 #force_color_prompt=yes
    44
    45 if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
    46 if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
    47 # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
    48 # (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
    49 # a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
    50 color_prompt=yes
    51 else
    52 color_prompt=
    53 fi
    54 fi
    55
    56 if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    57 PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
    58 else
    59 PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
    60 fi
    61 unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
    62
    63 # If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
    64 case "$TERM" in
    65 xterm*|rxvt*)
    66 PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w\a\]$PS1"
    67 ;;
    68 *)
    69 ;;
    70 esac
    71
    72 # enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
    73 if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
    74 test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
    75 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
    76 #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
    77 #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
    78
    79 alias grep='grep --color=auto'
    80 alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
    81 alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
    82 fi
    83 x
    84 # some more ls aliases
    85 alias ll='ls -alF'
    86 alias la='ls -A'
    87 alias l='ls -CF'
    88
    89 # # MY OWN ALIASES
    90 alias juno='firefox www.juno.com'
    91 alias goog='firefox www.google.com'
    92 alias vbgov='firefox www.vbgov.com'
    93 alias veriz='firefox www.verizon.net'
    94 alias csmon='firefox www.csmonitor.com'
    95 alias verz='firefox www.verizon.net'
    96 alias lib='firefox http://vbplcat.vbgov.com'
    97 alias julianvb='firefox http://sites.google.com/site/julianvbinfo'
    98 alias yahoo='firefox www.yahoo.com'
    99 alias twuug='firefox www.twuug.org'
   100 alias lpad='firefox www.launchpad.net'
   101 alias launchpad='firefox www.launchpad.net'
   102 alias sourceforge='firefox www.sourceforge.net'
   103 alias sforge='firefox www.source.net'
   104 alias inks='firefox www.houseofinks.com'
   105 alias amazon='firefox www.amazon.com'
   106 alias craigs='firefox norfolk.craigslist.org'
   107 alias ebay='firefox www.virginiabeach.ebayclassifieds.com'
   108 alias apins='sudo apt-get install'
   109 alias shutnow='sudo poweroff now'
   110 alias 192168='firefox http://192.168.1.1'
   111 alias 1ax='firefox www.oneacross.com'
   112 alias sentara='firefox www.sentara.com'
   113 alias fidel='firefox https://www.fidelity.com'
   114 alias tda='firefox https://www.tdameritrade.com'
   115 alias rsource='firefox https://www.rightsourcerx.com'
   116 alias humana='firefox http://www.humana.com'
   117 alias cap1='firefox https://servicing.capitalone.com'
   118 alias boa='firefox https://www.bankofamerica.com'
   119 alias tbird='thunderbird'
   120 alias puppy='firefox www.puppylinux.com'
   121 alias browlnx='firefox www.browserlinux.com'
   122 alias browserlnx='firefox www.browserlinux.com'
   123 alias uneboot='firefox http://unebootin.sourceforge.net"
   124 # # END of MY OWN ALIASES
   125
   126 # Add an "alert" alias for long running commands. Use like so:
   127 # sleep 10; alert
   128 alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'
   129
   130 # Alias definitions.
   131 # You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
   132 # ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
   133 # See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
   134
   135 if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
   136 . ~/.bash_aliases
   137 fi
   138
   139 # enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
   140 # this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
   141 # sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
   142 if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
   143 . /etc/bash_completion
   144 fi

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

looks ok. what is the output of:

source ~/.bashrc

Thanks

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#4

Andrew:

This is the error output message.

x: command not found
bash: /home/ju/.bashrc: line 140: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
bash: /home/ju/.bashrc: line 145: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Julianloui

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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#5

Here is the ORIGINAL .bashrc of UBUNTU

# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
# for examples

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
# See bash(1) for more options
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth

# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend

# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=2000

# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize

# If set, the pattern "**" used in a pathname expansion context will
# match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
#shopt -s globstar

# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"

# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
fi

# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
case "$TERM" in
    xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;;
esac

# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
#force_color_prompt=yes

if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
 # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
 # (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
 # a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
 color_prompt=yes
    else
 color_prompt=
    fi
fi

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|rxvt*)
    PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w\a\]$PS1"
    ;;
*)
    ;;
esac

# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
    test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
    #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
    #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'

    alias grep='grep --color=auto'
    alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
    alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
fi

# some more ls aliases
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'

# Add an "alert" alias for long running commands. Use like so:
# sleep 10; alert
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
    . ~/.bash_aliases
fi

# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
fi

I would suggest to move all of your aliases in a file named .bash_aliases , it works better .
Then to replace the current .bashrc file with the original above issue the following command

    wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=38fg6RSf" -O ~/.bashrc

above command will replace the current .bashrc with the new listed above (the original) so FIRST move YOUR ALIASES to .bash_aliases file or you will LOSE THEM.

If the file .bash_aliases does not exist, you can create it.

Regards
 NikTh

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#6

Nick,

Your instructions worked out perfectly. Now I've a working simple .bash_aliases file as well as the original untouched .bashrc file.
I even alphabetized the entries in the above personal alias file for easy future editing.

Many thanks to you and Andrew.

Julianloui

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#7

Thanks Nik.Th., that solved my question.