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Asked: 2013-11-14 00:52:25 +0800 CST

Konsole does not execute .profile or .bash_profile [duplicate]

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When I open Konsole the settings in .profile are not executed, and it means the ~/bin is not added to the PATH.

Is there a way to get Konsole to do that?

PS. Is there a way to tell whether Konsole is running bash or dash

12.04

1 Answers

  1. These files: .profile or .bash_profile are executed by the command interpreter only for login shells. See what is Difference between Login Shell and Non-Login Shell?

    To execute, for example, .profile file in your konsole after you open it, run the following command:

    source ~/.profile

    or:

    . ~/.profile

    These commands are equivalent and they source/execute the code from inside of ~/.profile file.

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