If you've edited your ~/.bash_profile to include scripts you'd like executed on start up, you might be surprised when you open up your terminal and those scripts don't execute. By default, ~/.bashrc executes on session start, but ~/.bash_profile doesn't.
To execute your ~/.bash_profile on startup, simply append this to your ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bash_profile
Ta-da!
Now you can print out some cool ascii art on start up, define custom functions (such as
mkdir and cd at the same time), and other fun Linux-ey type things.
June 26, 2011
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