What is the difference between ~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile?
Feb 27, 2019 · The original sh sourced .profile on startup. bash will try to source .bash_profile first, but if that doesn't exist, it will source .profile. Note that if bash is started as sh (e.g. /bin/sh …
profile - Find out what scripts are being run by bash at login - Unix ...
My terminal starts a login shell, so ~/.bash_profile is sourced, followed by ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc. Only in ~/.profile do I create the paths entries which are duplicated. To be pedantic, this is the …
Colorizing your terminal and shell environment? - Unix & Linux …
Sure, you can symlink zsh to a file named after any other shell and emulate that shell, but when you do that it doesn't read your .bashrc, .bash_profile, etc. Also, you cannot put emulate bash …
What is the purpose of .bashrc and how does it work?
My comment is just a stronger statement of Ilmari Karonen's 2014 comment. It is factually incorrect to say ".bashrc runs on every interactive shell launch". A login shell is an interactive …
Setting PATH vs. exporting PATH in ~/.bash_profile [duplicate]
What's the difference and which is better to use when customizing my bash profile? Documentation on the export command is scarce, as it's a builtin cmd. Excerpt from version 1 …
How to correctly add a path to PATH? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Feb 21, 2016 · The profile file is read by login shells, so it will only take effect the next time you log in. (Some systems configure terminals to read a login shell; in that case you can start a …
How to add a function to .bash_profile/.profile/bashrc in shell?
Well I tried your way for creating a custom function of printing it's argument, but even if I add that function in .bash_profile then also I have to do source ~/.bash_profile everytime I open …
How to write a shell script that gets executed on login?
The solution would vary depending on what "log in" actually means. If it means "starting a login shell (in a terminal, for example)", then most of the answers below would help, but if you mean …
How to permanently set environmental variables
Feb 28, 2014 · You can add it to the file .profile or your login shell profile file (located in your home directory). To change the environmental variable "permanently" you'll need to consider at least …
sudo as another user with their environment
Jan 2, 2015 · While sudo -i should be a login shell it is different from what sudo su - does on Arch linux. A clear sign the former does not do a login is that it does not display the last login time …