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jw_
Asked: 2019-11-19 19:48:25 +0800 CST

Gedit bash highlight

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When I edit bash script(first line is #!/bin/bash) in GEdit, there is no highlighting. But with View->Highlight Mode, there is no result when searching "bash" or "script", which to choose?

gedit bash syntax-highlighting

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  1. Best Answer

    In gedit there is no bash or script highlighting mode. The closest that they have is the sh highlight mode.

    Plaintext mode:

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    View -> Highlight Mode -> sh then select:

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    sh highlight mode selected:

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