Bash Configuration Files

External

• https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-Startup-Files.html
• https://bencane.com/2013/09/16/understanding-a-little-more-about-etcprofile-and-etcbashrc/

Internal

• bash

Overview

This article describes how bash executes its startup files. If any of the files exist, but cannot be read, bash reports an error.

Interactive Login Shell

This sequence is executed by an interactive login shell, or a shell that was invoked with --login:

├─→ /etc/profile ─→ /etc/profile.d/*.sh
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└─→ ~/.bash_profile ─→ ~/.bash_login ─→ ~/.profile