‘bash’ A.K.A. The Solution for Everything – A few of the *Special Files*!

In bash, the shell reads one or more startup files. Here’s the details about what’s what and which is run when. /etc/profile is executed automatically at login. The file from the list of ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, or ~/.profile are then executed at login. ~/.bashrc is executed by every non-login shell, but if sh is used to... Continue reading →