Tweaks & EOL's added

config/exports

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ export HIST_STAMPS="yyyy-mm-dd"
 # Larger bash history (allow 32³ entries; default is 500)
 export HISTSIZE=32768
 export HISTFILESIZE=$HISTSIZE
-export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
+# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
+# See bash(1) for more options
+export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
 
 # Make some commands not show up in history
 export HISTIGNORE="ls:cd:cd -:pwd:exit:date:* --help"
@@ -21,3 +23,9 @@ export MANPAGER="less -X"
 
 # Always enable colored `grep` output
 export GREP_OPTIONS="--color=auto"
+
+# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
+# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
+shopt -s checkwinsize
+
+

config/functions

@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ function silent
 {
   "$@" >&/dev/null
 }
+