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Old 04-08-2003, 05:05 PM   #1
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where is my bash profile?

where do i find my bash profile? as far as i know it isn't in my $HOME/.bash-profile and i sort of need it. slack9, you know. do i need to create one?
 
Old 04-08-2003, 05:20 PM   #2
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actually, it's
$HOME/.bash_profile

If it's not there, just make one.
 
Old 04-08-2003, 05:22 PM   #3
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man bash:

/etc/profile (system-wide)
$HOME/.bash_profile
$HOME/.bash_login
$HOME/.profile
 
Old 04-08-2003, 05:29 PM   #4
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The "."also hides it so you will need to do "ls -a" to show it in a file listing.
 
  


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