One Response to “How to reload .bash_profile in Linux or Mac?”Mian Asbat says: July 3, 2012 at 8:24 am Please not that to make sure it is effective you must close the current terminal and then open new terminal. I am on mac and for me the class path was not set to the...
Technically, the .bashrc file is the configuration file for bash shell -- used in Linux and macOS. It stands for the bash read command. When you open a new bash shell the script inside this file is executed from top to bottom. Each time you open the terminal (new bash session) .bashr...
o You want to change the default prompt. o You need to accommodate some critical locally installed software. (Consider using wrapper scripts first, though.) o Your existing startup files are broken. If everything in your Linux distribution works, be careful. Sometimes the default startup files...
ssh-agent is a program that is shipped in many Linux distros (and usually already running) that will allow you to hold your unencrypted private key in memory for a configurable duration. Simply run ssh-add and it will prompt you for your passphrase. You will not be prompted for your ...
so the computer can automatically access it without ahving to open the program's location first. For instance, you can type "calc" in the Run prompt of Windows to launch calculator, but not "chrome" to start Google Chrome - simply because the location of the latter isn't included in the...
Creating Permanent Aliases in Linux To keepaliasesbetween sessions, you can save them in your user’s shell configuration profile file. This can be: Bash –~/.bashrc ZSH –~/.zshrc Fish –~/.config/fish/config.fish The syntax you should use is practically the same as creating a temporary...
If the locale isn't what you now expect it to be, you should verify that the steps above have been followed. This discussion assumes that no changes have been made to files such as a user's .bash_profile, .bash_login, .profile.bashrc, etc to change locale environment variables. ...
SHELL: This describes the shell that will be interpreting any commands you type in. In most cases, this will be bash by default, but other values can be set if you prefer other options. TERM: This specifies the type of terminal to emulate when running the shell. Different hardw...
If you’re a Linux user and you’ve ever encountered the error message “bash: curl: command not found” or “bash: /usr/bin/curl: No such file or directory” don’t worry – you’re not alone! This error often pops up when you try to use thecurl commandin the terminal, but the...
I have a number of things in my Terminal dropdown. It looks like this. However, I'd like to be able to have a profile that ssh's into Linux machines that I use regularly. Perhaps those remote machine can have their own cool menu item? Let's see what that would look like an...