source /etc/dircolors  #"ls" colors
export LS_COLORS
export HISTCONTROL='ignoreboth:erasedups'  #remove duplicate commands from shell history
export TERM=xterm-256color  #make most terminals use 256 colors
export PS1="\e[0;35m\W\e[m\n  "  #set the prompt
export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${HOSTNAME}\007"' #terminal title
export EDITOR=nano
#alias ls="ls --time-style=iso --color"
umask 0077 #relatively restrictive default permissions for new files (600)
unset HISTFILE #disable .bash_history. cycling through previous commands still works