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   PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;32m\]\$\[\033[00m\] '   PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;32m\]\$\[\033[00m\] '
  
-Here is a <wrap em>red version</wrap> of the same prompt, which you can add to the aliases file for a root user or superuser, so you can more easily tell at a glance when you are in an account with escalated privs:+Here is a separate <wrap em>red version</wrap> of the same prompt, which you can add to the aliases file for a root user or superuser, so you can more easily tell at a glance when you are in an account with escalated privs:
  
   PS1='\[\033[01;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;31m\]\$\[\033[00m\] '   PS1='\[\033[01;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\] \[\033[01;31m\]\$\[\033[00m\] '
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   /home/user/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin   /home/user/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
      
-This above line shows that bash will look in your personal **~/.local/bin** directory, as well as a list of common locations for globally-accessible binaries. Your system may have other locations appended here as well for things like games, [[tools:flatpak|Flatpak]] or [[tools:snap|Snap]].+This above line shows that bash will look in your personal **~/.local/bin** directory, as well as a list of common locations for globally-accessible binaries. Your system may have other locations appended here as well for things like games, [[tools:flatpak|Flatpak]] or [[tools:flatpak#snap|Snap]].
  
 To enable bash to run a custom application (such as a freshly downloaded [[tools:appimage|AppImage]] file) without having to type out the whole directory it is located in, you should place the file into your personal **~/.local/bin** directory. Or, you could put a symlink into that directory like so: To enable bash to run a custom application (such as a freshly downloaded [[tools:appimage|AppImage]] file) without having to type out the whole directory it is located in, you should place the file into your personal **~/.local/bin** directory. Or, you could put a symlink into that directory like so:
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