Htop Config, Persistence, and Theming/Add htop config to dotfiles

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Section: Configuration file basics

Add htop config to dotfiles

bash
bash
cp ~/.config/htop/htoprc ~/dotfiles/htop/htoprc
Explanation

Convenient if you want the same htop experience across machines.

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