How to force Intellij to highlight file with no extension as Bash?

Question

I'm editing Linux init.d scripts with Intellij IDEA 12 Ultimate and would like it to use Bash syntax highlighting. I already have the Bash syntax highlighting plugin, and it works great for files ending in .sh. The problem with the init.d scripts is they have no extension, and it seems the only way to get Intellij to recognize a files type (Preferences -> File Types -> Registered Patterns) is by extension. If Registered Pattern supported paths (like */etc/rc.d/init.d/*) that would be swell, but that doesn't seem to work.

The only workaround I've found for now is to add the name of each script I want to edit to Registered Patterns. Better than nothing, but does is there a better way? Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use the *. pattern. Though it's registered for Text files type by default.

Answer 2

If you happen to have previously registered a file with IntelliJ (ex. when you initially create the file) that the file should be interpreted as Text this would add your file to the default mapping for Text in preferences. If you intend to create a file as Bourne Again Shell (aka bash) then at this point just tell IntelliJ that is what you intend. Otherwise you will need to manually go and remove these custom mappings from preferences before these files will show up for Bourne Again Shell.