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Where to find the .bashrc file on Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Lion?

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Mar 15, 2026320539 views
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Problem

I want to install rvm on my Snow Leopard machine. It says I need to add a line to my file (I'm using bash) but where is my file?

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.bashrc

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Regarding the problem with above: On most systems, is only used when starting an interactive non-login shell. However, when you start up a new shell it is often an interactive login shell. Since this is a login shell, the is ignored. To keep the environment consistent between non-login and login shells, you must source the from your or your . See the Bash Reference Manual, section 6.2 Bash Startup Files Invoked as an interactive login shell, or with --login When Bash is invoked as an interactiv…

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