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Found this function in my bashrc under user defined aliases; I dont remember adding it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't know bash scripting

if [ -d ~/.bashrc.d ]; then
	for rc in ~/.bashrc.d/*; do
		if [ -f "$rc" ]; then
			. "$rc"
		fi
	done

I asked chatgpt and it said this is non standard? There is no bashrc.d directory on my home folder, I have uncommented the lines for now but dont know if this is benign or malignant

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It sources (includes) any file found in ~/.bashrc.d/ so check that directory.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

but there is no such directory

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

Then it does nothing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Then it should have no effect.

This is just a nice way to define file-discrete .rc scripts. Like, maybe you have one for shell stuff, one for your custom collection of command aliases, one for initializing pyenv+pyenv-virtualenv, etc. That way, you have domain-constrained .rcs, and it’s easier to scan through things to see if something funny is going on / is broken or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

It just checks to see if there is anything in a bash.d folder, if there isn't it moves on. Just somebody being preemptively helpful to check for other locations