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getquotegetquote configuration file

The getquote configuration file defines symbol aliases and treatment for getquote(1).

The file contains tab delimited symbol-value pairs, one per line. The value can either be an action or an alias. An action is one of quote or exchange, an alias starts with equals (`=`) followed by the alias. Aliases must not be circular definitions.

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/getquote/config
Configuration file for getquote(1).

An example configuration file is shown below:

# Quote by default
*	quote

# Use exchange action on the following symbols
BTC	exchange
XMR	exchange
EUR	exchange

# Define Bitcoin as an alias for BTC
Bitcoin	=BTC

getquote(1)

Jacob R. Edwards <jacob@jacobedwards.org>

January 22, 2026 jacob