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Where is etc Bashrc?
bashrc is the individual per-interactive-shell startup file stored in your home directory $HOME.
Which is the first global configuration run control file read when bash is invoked as login shell to system?
When Bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-interactive shell with the –login option, it first reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile , if that file exists. After reading that file, it looks for ~/. bash_profile , ~/.
Does .bashrc need to be executable?
You don’t need a dot to execute a file. You can use a dot to load a new environment into the current session. That might be kind of complex and something a novice might not have to do unless he has a specific reason for doing it.
Should I use bash_profile or bashrc?
bash_profile is great for commands that should run only once and . bashrc for commands that should run every time you start a new shell.
How to run bash from / etc / bash.bashrc?
The –rcfile file option will force bash to read and execute commands from file instead of /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc. However when I add to /etc/bash.bashrc an echo statement at the top like echo Inside bash.bashrc and then execute: where /tmp/some_test has some simple alias command or otherwise I get output as follows:
When is Bash invoked as an interactive login shell?
When Bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-interactive shell with the –login option, it first reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists.
When does Bash read and execute COM-mands?
When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-inter- active shell with the –login option, it first reads and executes com- mands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists.
What happens when Bash is invoked in a script?
When Bash is invoked in this fashion, $0 is set to the name of the file, and the positional parameters are set to the remaining arguments. Bash reads and executes commands from this file, then exits. Bash’s exit status is the exit status of the last command executed in the script.