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Install Bash version 4 on MacOS X
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# Install Bash 4 using homebrew | |
brew install bash | |
# Or build it from source... | |
curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2.tar.gz | |
tar xzf bash-4.2.tar.gz | |
cd bash-4.2 | |
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bin && make && sudo make install | |
# Add the new shell to the list of legit shells | |
sudo bash -c "echo /usr/local/bin/bash >> /private/etc/shells" | |
# Change the shell for the user | |
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash | |
# Restart terminal.app (new window works too) | |
# Check for Bash 4 and /usr/local/bin/bash... | |
echo $BASH && echo $BASH_VERSION | |
# Put this somewhere in your dotfiles to turn on recursive globbing | |
shopt -s globstar | |
# Source your dotfiles... | |
source path/to/dotfiles | |
# Now you can double glob your way into distant directories | |
cd some/uportal/project/root | |
cd **/skins |
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