[SOLVED] Load .bash_profile for every terminal

Issue

I set up some aliases in my .bash_profile on my Max OS X. It works but when I'm opening a new tab I always have to load my .bash_profile file with this command:

source ~/.bash_profile

How can I make it work for every terminal I'm opening, even if I'm restarting my Mac or Linux computer?

Solution

The files executed at the start may be several, usually ~/.bashrc for interactive, non-login shells. The kind I assume you are using.

If so, create an ~/.bashrc file and source ~/.bash_profile in it:

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

This web site has a lot of information about this.

Study this image, as it is a condensed guide

If you do need to find out exactly which file is being executed, take a look at this web page. It has a lot of specific tests to find out what file is setting what.

Specific for Mac-OS (which is an exception and loads ~/.bash_profile) do as is recomended in the site linked in this answer AFTER you confirm that your bash is doing as explained there.

Answered By - user2350426