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Provided that it is run as the login shell, which isn't the default (e.g. in Alpine Linux / Docker)

Jakub Holý
– Jakub Holý

2017-02-01 10:29:53 +00:00
Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 10:29
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@JakubHolý did you find a way to run profile script for non-login shell?

David Lukac
– David Lukac

2017-11-28 13:20:51 +00:00
Commented Nov 28, 2017 at 13:20
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@DavidLukac - See my other Answer here for non-login shells.

spechter
– spechter

2018-01-22 00:21:21 +00:00
Commented Jan 22, 2018 at 0:21
What do you mean by "first" reads these files? Will it do something else afterwards?

HelloGoodbye
– HelloGoodbye

2020-02-16 02:47:24 +00:00
Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 2:47
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Those are equivalent of .profile, the question is about .bashrc.

Scorpion
– Scorpion

2022-11-29 20:51:18 +00:00
Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 20:51

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