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Files

3.23. Files

  • /etc/profile

    systemwide defaults, mostly setting the environment (all shells, not just Bash)

  • /etc/bashrc

    systemwide functions and and aliases for Bash

  • $HOME/.bash_profile

    user-specific Bash environmental default settings, found in each user's home directory (the local counterpart to /etc/profile)

  • $HOME/.bashrc

    user-specific Bash init file, found in each user's home directory (the local counterpart to /etc/bashrc). Only interactive shells and user scripts read this file. See Appendix C for a sample .bashrc file.

These are the startup files for Bash. They contain the aliases (see Section 3.20) and environmental variables made available to Bash running as a user shell and to all Bash scripts invoked after system initialization.

 

 
 
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