I've been using GNU/Linux for over a year now. And there's this question to which I need an answer from you, Linux gurus:
What language(s) do config files like .bashrc
, .vimrc
, .i3status.conf
, .conkyrc
, .xinitrc
, etc. use?
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Sign up to join this communityI've been using GNU/Linux for over a year now. And there's this question to which I need an answer from you, Linux gurus:
What language(s) do config files like .bashrc
, .vimrc
, .i3status.conf
, .conkyrc
, .xinitrc
, etc. use?
There's no global standard. They can be (and are) all different syntaxes.
For example,
#!
line at the beginning of the file, so it could just as well by say, Python, bash, zsh, tcl, perl, …Essentially, there is no standard, and you always need to read the documentation.