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So I did something exceedingly stupid and now my .bashrc file is gone. Is there any way for me to recover it? I still have a terminal window open that uses the old bashrc file. If there's no way for me to recover it all (as I imagine there isn't) what else should I copy to a new .bashrc besides the old $PATH? I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 if there is an OS-specific solution.

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    set can tell you a bit more than sole $PATH.
    – choroba
    Aug 7, 2013 at 15:09
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    You're probably better off asking on Unix & Linux. There's a related question there
    – user2062950
    Aug 7, 2013 at 15:10
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    the best you can do (I think) is capture the state of your open window session. export > export_list.txt; set > set_list.txt; functions > func_list.txt; alias > alias_list.txt might get you most of what was there. Any logic will have to be rebuilt. Good luck.
    – shellter
    Aug 7, 2013 at 15:11

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Ubuntu uses /etc/skel/.bashrc as the base .bashrc that gets copied into every new users home directory. Unless you have made custom changes you can simply copy /etc/skel/.bashrc to your home directory and you will be set. If you have made custom changes then you will need to make them again.

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