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shell/.config/shell/aliases

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Use neovim for vim if present.
+[ -x "$(command -v nvim)" ] && alias vim="nvim" vimdiff="nvim -d"
+
+# Verbosity and settings that you pretty much just always are going to want.
+alias \
+	cp="cp -iv" \
+	mv="mv -iv" \
+	rm="rm -vI" \
+	mkd="mkdir -pv" \
+
+# Colorize commands when possible.
+alias \
+	ls="ls -hN --color=auto --group-directories-first" \
+	grep="grep --color=auto" \
+	diff="diff --color=auto" \
+	ccat="highlight --out-format=ansi"
+
+# These common commands are just too long! Abbreviate them.
+alias \
+	ka="killall" \
+	g="git" \
+	f="$FILE" \
+	e="$EDITOR" \
+	v="$EDITOR" \

shell/.config/shell/exports

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
+
+# Default editor
+export EDITOR='vim'
+
+# Shell history file
+export HISTFILE="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/shell/history"
+
+# Global git config file
+export GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/config"
+
+# Make Python use UTF-8 encoding for output to stdin, stdout, and stderr.
+export PYTHONIOENCODING='UTF-8'
+
+# Python commands in that file are executed before the first prompt is displayed in interactive mode.
+# The file is executed in the same namespace where interactive commands are executed
+# so that objects defined or imported in it can be used without qualification in the interactive session.
+export PYTHONSTARTUP="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/python/startup"
+
+# Custom Python history file
+export PYTHON_HISTFILE="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/python/history"
+
+# PostgreSQL config file
+export PSQLRC="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/psql/rc"
+
+# Wget config file
+export WGETRC="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/wget/rc"
+
+# ZSH directory
+export ZDOTDIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/zsh"

shell/.config/shell/functions

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+#!/bin/sh

shell/.config/shell/path

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Adds `~/.local/bin` to $PATH
+export PATH="$PATH:${$(find ~/.local/bin -type d -printf %p:)%%:}"

shell/.config/shell/profile

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Load the shell dotfiles, and then some:
+# * ~/.path can be used to extend `$PATH`.
+# * ~/.extra can be used for other settings you don’t want to commit.
+for file in ~/.config/shell/{path,exports,aliases,functions,extra}; do
+        [ -r "$file" ] && [ -f "$file" ] && source "$file";
+done;
+unset file;

shell/.profile

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+.config/shell/profile