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.profile not running when I start a bash terminal
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Mar 15, 202643792 viewsConfidence Score0%
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When I start a bash terminal, my .profile is not being executed. I do not have a ~/.bash_profile or a ~/.bash_login, so .profile is supposed to run, right? What else could be wrong?
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Fix for: .profile not running when I start a bash terminal
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It's not a login shell. If a shell is a login shell, it will look for .bash_profile if it exists, then .profile. Other shells look for .bashrc So, you can put the things you want in every shell instance in .bashrc, and possibly have a reference that…
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