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17 questions linked to/from Why doesn't my ~/.bash_profile work?
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Functions in ~/.bash_profile not found in an interactive shell [duplicate]
I thought that whatever lies in .bash_profile(or .profile) which is sourced in a login-shell, is available in an interactive shell.
My goal is to have available a list of functions, either in a login ...
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~/.bash_profile not executed upon login, but ~/.profile is [duplicate]
I'm running Ubuntu, with Gnome3 as my desktop manager. While debugging some initialization issues (the usual confusion over bash_profile, bashrc, etc.), I found that given the following files,
# ~/....
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Difference between Login Shell and Non-Login Shell?
I understand the basic difference between an interactive shell and a non-interactive shell. But what exactly differentiates a login shell from a non-login shell?
Can you give examples for uses of a ...
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Is there a ".bashrc" equivalent file read by all shells?
Is ~/.bashrc the only place to specify user specific environment variables, aliases, modifications to PATH variable, etc?
I ask because it seems that ~/.bashrc seems to be bash-only, but other ...
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What features are in zsh and missing from bash, or vice versa?
As a Linux user, I've always just used bash because it was the default on every distro I used. People using other Unix systems such as BSD seem to use other shells far more frequently. In the ...
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What does [ -t 1 ] check?
I just found a way to start zsh when I start the bash on Windows from
https://www.howtogeek.com/258518/how-to-use-zsh-or-another-shell-in-windows-10/.
It recommended to add following code at the ...
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In bash vi mode, map jk to exit insert mode
I'm using a fresh install of ubuntu 16.04, with the bash shell. There are two things that I want to do:
Set up vi mode so I can have vim-like movements from the terminal
exit insert mode by typing jk
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In what way isn't SFTP based on SSH?
I've just completed OverTheWire Bandit wargame, level 18.
That was a surprise. Here are the instructions for this level.
The password for the next level is stored in a file readme in the
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Can't export environment variables on X session start
My setup is:
Debian testing (stretch), up to date
LightDM with autologin enabled
Awesome window manager
bash, in ROXTerm or XTerm
I don't seem to be able to set own environment variables and get it ...
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.bashrc and .bash_profile not executed [closed]
I'm running RHEL5. I added simple alias command into ~/.bashrc. When I start a new terminal, nothing happens but source ~/.bashrc works so I know the syntax is correct. I also modified/source-...
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Why does sourcing a script in .profile not work?
I have an executable script which I want to run every time I log in or open a new interactive shell. I added the path to this executable in .profile and sourced it by adding this line to .profile
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bash: ls: command not found
I'm using VMWare, and running debian and whenever I run a new terminal my commands like "ls" seem to be lost.
I've tried the solutions listed here for instance: https://apple.stackexchange....
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Issues with .bash_profile and terminal commands
I added some data to my .bash_profile to run two aliases ruby version 19 and the proper gems. As soon as I added the data I could not longer run any commands such as the MacPorts command port nor the ...
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Bash aliases not picked up on initial login
I'm running Debian 8.5 (Jessie) on a virtualbox vm. I have some bash aliases that I can't get to run when I initially login to my vm. However, when I run bash from inside the shell, then they work. ...
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Why bash does not update Java path without running source ~/.bash_profile?
I am using Mac, and $JAVA_HOME environment path is set in ~/.bash_profile like:
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
After I updated Java, bash kept trying to find Java from the older version. ...
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