Bash not loading '.profile' in new session on Linux
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I'm setting up a new Linux machine I got from our IT dept, and noticed is not loaded when I start a new terminal session. The current shell is Bash, though I changed it from the default sh it came with. How do I make it load on startup? I access the shell via SSH: . I have administrator privileges …
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.profile
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Fix for: Bash not loading '.profile' in new session on Linux
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When Bash starts as an interactive login shell, one of the files it may process is . When it starts as an interactive non-login shell it doesn't. It processes (if that file or a similar file is enabled in your version of Bash) and . You could add th…
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