How can I restore /etc/profile? [duplicate]

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I'm working on a bash script that appends to /etc/profile but instead of appending, I accidentally wrote over it, losing all of its content. How can I restore the file? I did search here but being new to Ubuntu, I don't know if the posted /etc/profile content I see in other questions is the default content.






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    grep /etc/profile /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.postinst shows /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst, which in turn has a function copying profile from /usr/share/base-files to /etc/passwd (among other such files).
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    Testing a script on your own OS, as root is not a good idea. You should use a VM (so you can just take a snapshot, and if anything goes wrong you just restore the snapshot), or at the very least backup your files before running it.
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I'm working on a bash script that appends to /etc/profile but instead of appending, I accidentally wrote over it, losing all of its content. How can I restore the file? I did search here but being new to Ubuntu, I don't know if the posted /etc/profile content I see in other questions is the default content.






.profile etc







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marked as duplicate by muru, karel, Eric Carvalho, Fabby, heemayl Mar 20 at 18:17


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    grep /etc/profile /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.postinst shows /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst, which in turn has a function copying profile from /usr/share/base-files to /etc/passwd (among other such files).
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    Mar 20 at 8:30






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    Testing a script on your own OS, as root is not a good idea. You should use a VM (so you can just take a snapshot, and if anything goes wrong you just restore the snapshot), or at the very least backup your files before running it.
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    Mar 20 at 18:20












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I'm working on a bash script that appends to /etc/profile but instead of appending, I accidentally wrote over it, losing all of its content. How can I restore the file? I did search here but being new to Ubuntu, I don't know if the posted /etc/profile content I see in other questions is the default content.






.profile etc







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  • How can I restore configuration files?

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I'm working on a bash script that appends to /etc/profile but instead of appending, I accidentally wrote over it, losing all of its content. How can I restore the file? I did search here but being new to Ubuntu, I don't know if the posted /etc/profile content I see in other questions is the default content.





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    grep /etc/profile /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.postinst shows /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst, which in turn has a function copying profile from /usr/share/base-files to /etc/passwd (among other such files).
    – muru
    Mar 20 at 8:30






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    Testing a script on your own OS, as root is not a good idea. You should use a VM (so you can just take a snapshot, and if anything goes wrong you just restore the snapshot), or at the very least backup your files before running it.
    – Bakuriu
    Mar 20 at 18:20












  • 1




    grep /etc/profile /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.postinst shows /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst, which in turn has a function copying profile from /usr/share/base-files to /etc/passwd (among other such files).
    – muru
    Mar 20 at 8:30






  • 2




    Testing a script on your own OS, as root is not a good idea. You should use a VM (so you can just take a snapshot, and if anything goes wrong you just restore the snapshot), or at the very least backup your files before running it.
    – Bakuriu
    Mar 20 at 18:20







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grep /etc/profile /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.postinst shows /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst, which in turn has a function copying profile from /usr/share/base-files to /etc/passwd (among other such files).
– muru
Mar 20 at 8:30




grep /etc/profile /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.postinst shows /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst, which in turn has a function copying profile from /usr/share/base-files to /etc/passwd (among other such files).
– muru
Mar 20 at 8:30




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Testing a script on your own OS, as root is not a good idea. You should use a VM (so you can just take a snapshot, and if anything goes wrong you just restore the snapshot), or at the very least backup your files before running it.
– Bakuriu
Mar 20 at 18:20




Testing a script on your own OS, as root is not a good idea. You should use a VM (so you can just take a snapshot, and if anything goes wrong you just restore the snapshot), or at the very least backup your files before running it.
– Bakuriu
Mar 20 at 18:20










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