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+#!/bin/sh
+#===============================================================================
+# Author: Nico Schottelius
+# Created: 2007-01-04
+# Description: rxvt is known to most systems, urxvt not. Hack it.
+#==============================================================================
+
+echo '[ "$TERM" = "rxvt-unicode" ] && export TERM=rxvt' >> "$HOME/.profile"
+echo '[ "$TERM" = "rxvt-unicode" ] && export TERM=rxvt' >> "$HOME/.bash_profile"
+echo 'if ( $TERM == rxvt-unicode ) setenv TERM rxvt' >> "$HOME/.cshrc"