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RE: Bash & .bashrc



On 07-Mar-2001 Colin Cashman wrote:
> I have .bashrc set up to support color ls, but .bashrc isn't called when I
> log in.
> 
> If I subsequently start a new shell, however, or 'source .bashrc' then the
> file is read and processed.
> 
> What's the best way to handle this so it's done automagically upon logging
> in? Just throw "source .bashrc" onto the end of the
> .bash_profile file?

Why don't you just put it in your ~/.bash_profile? I have this alias in mine:

ls='ls --color=auto -F -b -T 0 -N --show-control-chars'

(note that some of the options in that ls are just there to make it handle
accents more properly)

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