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When does mac/ubuntu use .bash_profile and/or .bashrc?
Difference between .bashrc and .bash_profile
I loaded up ubuntu on a vm on my windows computer, and my .bash_profile doesn't seem to load when I open up a terminal (I have to source .bash_profile to get it to work).
Do some systems load .bashrc by default, while others (like Mac osx) loads .bash_profile?