[SOLVED] Messed up .bashrc how to get orignal back

[vickey_20]

Hello
I inserted some code in my .bashrc file and have screwed up myself. I want to get the .bashrc file as it was before. HELP!!

[reed9]

Hello
I inserted some code in my .bashrc file and have screwed up myself. I want to get the .bashrc file as it was before. HELP!!

Well, no idea what distro you're using, but even so, I don't know their defaults, but here is my very basic one minus aliases.

# Check for an interactive session
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

alias ls='ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '

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

[egan]

Perhaps look /etc/skel/.bashrc? /etc/skel is where most distros put the default files that get copied to a new user's directory.

[vickey_20]

I was exactly looking for this file /etc/skel/.bashrc. Thanks for helping me out

[Jonathan183]

Perhaps look /etc/skel/.bashrc? /etc/skel is where most distros put the default files that get copied to a new user's directory.

If thats not the case for you then try

useradd -D
adduser -D

as root ... they should display default information for new users, I think SKEL=.... will indicate the default files location.

[vickey_20]

If thats not the case for you then try

useradd -D
adduser -D

as root ... they should display default information for new users, I think SKEL=.... will indicate the default files location.

How to use it exactly. I tried

adduser -D vickey

Where vickey already existed , will it overwrite default files. It displays the help menu in the above code case.

[Jonathan183]

How to use it exactly. I tried

adduser -D vickey

Where vickey already existed , will it overwrite default files. It displays the help menu in the above code case.

Use

adduser -D

thats it ... it will display defaults or you can use the command to change defaults - but I don't recommend it

man useradd

first !

I expected you to use adduser -D to find the default files location (usually /etc/skel) and then manually copy .bashrc from there to your user home area to restore things to how they would be when the user was created

[vickey_20]

Thanks I copied the files form /etc/skel/ and its working properly.