Re: *term -ls, a summary
> Generally you don't. But there are some important differences between
Well, no, I do. Particularly when I'm opening up xterms.
> * an interactive bash still sources the file ~/.bashrc
> so that you can define aliases or functions there to use with both
> shell scripts and login shells, but not setting fancy prompts or
> coloured ls modes which frequently confuse shell scripts.
> * The default signal/error handling differs.
> * An interactive shell by default uses the readline library for
> handling input and performs history expansion.
> * An interactive shell sets the prompt variable PS1, this was sometimes
> used to primitivly check for uid 0.
Based on this, I would say that you're looking to xterm to fix
undesired behavior in bash. I don't think that's productive,
especially when it will reduce functionality for those of us who don't
use bash interactively.
I imagine that you could defeat bash all on your own with some clever
.bashrc logic.
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