.BASH_PROFILE File Extension
- Developer by: The GNU Project
- Category: System Files
- Format: Text
What are .BASH_PROFILE files and how to open them?
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.BASH_PROFILE file extension is created by The GNU Project. .BASH_PROFILE has been classified as System Files. The format of .BASH_PROFILE file is Text.
.BASH_PROFILE is Bash Interactive Login Shell File
Shell file used by Mac OS X and Linux terminal programs; stores setup instructions for the shell environment, such as environment variables and default scripts to execute; commonly used for setting user command prompt preferences as well as file system paths for directories and program binaries.
BASH_PROFILE files are automatically run for interactive login shells. In other words, they are executed after a user logs in with their login credentials, or when a new terminal window is created. This differs from .BASHRC files, which are run only when Bash shell scripts are executed within a terminal that is already open.
Since users often want to run both BASH_PROFILE and BASHRC files upon login, they often include the following segment in the BASH_PROFILE file, which forces the BASHRC file to be run when only the BASH_PROFILE file is executed:
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]. Then
source ~/.bashrc
fi
NOTE: BASH_PROFILE files are hidden in a user's home directory and do not contain a filename prefix. They always use the filename .bash_profile.
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