Shell Script at login

soulxcavtor · 06-05-2006, 08:07 PM

I have a simple shell script i wrote for Linux in vi.. Just basically displays date and login name and time and some other simple things...I want this script to display when I log in, I dont auto boot into KDE so as soon as I log in through konsole I want it to display, how can I do this?

Thanks!

alunduil · 06-05-2006, 08:14 PM

Before you do too much, check out information on /etc/motd (Message of the Day), and see what you think.

Regards,

Alunduil

chrism01 · 06-05-2006, 08:14 PM

call it from your .bash_profile

Linux~Powered · 06-05-2006, 09:36 PM

If you want your script to run every time you run a terminal then put it in your .bashrc. Put it in your .bash_profile if you only want it to run for login purposes. It's better to keep your .bash_profile clean. You can put...

Code:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    . ~/.bashrc
fi

In your .bash_profile and it'll read your .bashrc file when you log in and every time you launch a terminal.