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+shopt -s nocaseglob # glob filenames case-insensitively
+shopt -s histappend # append history to history file, don't overwrite.
+shopt -s checkwinsize # fix line wrap issues
+
+
+set completion-ignore-case on # ignore case when tab-completing
+
+# find paths inside agares
+export AGARES=${AGARES:-"$HOME/.agares"}
+
+# update paths with installed executables:
+export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=/usr/local/share/python:$PATH
+export PATH=/Users/jowj/Library/Python/3.6/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=/home/josiah/.local/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=/home/josiah/.gem/ruby/2.6.0/bin:$PATH
+
+# blatantly steal micah's ls aliases because they make SO MUCH SENSE omg.
+alias python="python3"
+alias py="python3"
+alias pip="pip3"
+alias lsa='ls -a'
+alias lsl='ls -a -l'
+alias lsli='lsl -i' # lsl+inodes
+alias l1='ls -1'
+alias llm='lsl -r -t' # lsl+ sort by modified time (lastest at bottom)
+
+# blatantly steal micah's colorized man pages
+# See: http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2016-08-15/colorized-man-pages-understood-and-customized
+# see: https://github.com/mrled/dhd/blob/800544cae0cc2f4e2b85b5dafae59babf75677fe/hbase/.bashrc
+man() {
+    env \
+        LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;36m' \
+        LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m' \
+        LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m' \
+        LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[1;40;92m' \
+        LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m' \
+        LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[1;32m' \
+            man "$@"
+}
+
+# history control variables
+export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+export HISTSIZE="INFINITE"
+export HISTFILESIZE=5000
+export HISTCONTROL="ignorespace"
+export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
+
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
+
+# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
+if [ -z "${debian_chroot:-}" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
+    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
+fi
+
+# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
+if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
+    test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
+    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+
+    alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+    alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
+    alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
+fi
+
+# this looks like garbage but its just color initation and termination
+PROMPT='%F{green} ǰ %F{red}☭ %f '
+# PROMPT='%F{green}%n%f@%F{magenta}%m%f %F{blue}%B%~%b%f %# '
+export CLICOLOR=1
+export LSCOLORS=GxFxCxDxBxegedabagaced
+
+echo ""
+echo "  /'-./\_                |  $HOSTNAME"
+echo " :    ||,>               |"
+echo "  \.-'||                 |  $0"
+echo -e "\e[31m      ||    BURIED\e[0m       |"
+echo -e "\e[31m      ||        HATCHET\e[0m  |  $OSTYPE"
+echo -e "\e[31m      ||\e[0m                 |"
+echo ""