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Htop Config, Persistence, and Theming/Back up your htop config

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Section: Configuration file basics

Back up your htop config

bash
bash
cp ~/.config/htop/htoprc ~/.config/htop/htoprc.bak
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Simple safety step before changing colors or column layouts.

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