[Discuss] What the use of .bashrc

[John Abreau]

One thing I used to find annoying is when an upgrade would wipe out my .bashrc.
Long ago I created a .bash.d directory, within which I split up my .bashrc into
separate files for easier maintenance.

So my ~/.bashrc is a one-liner:

    source ~/.bash.d/bashrc

and ~/.bash.d/bashrc is a set of includes

    for rc in ~/.bash.d/* ; do [ -x $rc ] && source $rc ; done

Within ~/.bash.d are the files

    aliases  bashrc  completions  funcs  local  paths  prompt

"local" is for stuff specific to the one system. The other files are
common across
all my systems.


On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Glenn Hoffman <glennhoffman at mac.com> wrote:
> I'm teaching an Introduction to Linux/Unix class at UMass/Boston. I've just told the class about the different type of shells (login, interactive non-login in, non-interactive) and the startup files for each. I've never been able to give a class a good reason for the existence of .bashrc, since I have never used it myself. What's the reason for a separate startup file for a non-login interactive shell?
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