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.profile is the local shell initialization script for Unix shells (such as sh, ksh, bash and zsh). $HOME/.profile, also known as ~/.profile, is run exactly once per session -- when you login. As it runs after system wide /etc/profile script, the typical thing you want to do in this script is set, or modify, environment variables. If you set a shell option or alias in this script, it will not be propagated to a subshell.

Like /etc/profile, ~/.profile runs automatically at startup, and it can be rerun after modification using the source command.

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Cannot find true $PATH file on Mavericks

I have both ~/.bash_profile & ~/.profile files. ~/.bash_profile contains one line: export PATH=/Applications/mamp/bin/php5.5.3/bin:$PATH ~/.profile contains three lines: # MacPorts Installer addition on 2014-02-02_at_20:54:53: adding an appropriate…
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QT pro file environment variable lib path

Something I'm not getting. I want to include 3 libs in my .pro file. Created an environment variable, and then I add them to the LIBS path. This is OK for 2 times, the third time fails. In detail: Environment variable: NETSNMP_DIR…
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How can I execute a script on AIX after my own .profile/.kshrc takes effect?

background: My colleagues and I all login a AIX server with user "root", after login everyone loads their .profile/.kshrc/.netrc etc., then start their work, to execute their own shell scripts. problem: when I crontab a script, it will fail because…
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How to get original system command after overwriting it with a function?

I'm at a Hackathon right now so if someone would answer this soon, you'd be doing me a huge favor. I've written a function called ls() in my .profile that looks like this: ls() { if(some condition); do something else ls; #(CALL TO…
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Unable to see processes using ps comand when I configure terminal to auto load my .bashrc

My default login shell is bash. From a few online forums, I configured my terminal to auto load my .bashrc file whenever I open the terminal by adding: source ~/.bashrc in .bash_profile OR by adding the following code snippet in .profile: if [ -n…
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How can set different JAVA_HOME for each application?

I want use multiple application in Debian that each of them work with different version of java. In /etc/profile I can add only have JAVA_HOME and add JAVA_HOME/bin of that version to path. Is there any way that I can determine the version of java…
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How to load modules in a Linux HPC when running it through RStudio

I am using a Linux HPC environment to run C++ models. The models require certain modules to be loaded which I have specified through setting up a .profile file, therefore the modules are always loaded when I log into the HPC through the…
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source ~/.profile paths are not being followed by OSX

I am having issues where the paths I created in source ~/.profile are not being used at all. I confirmed the paths I created by executing echo $PATH --- all of my custom-made paths in .profile show up. Separately, I checked for ~/.bash_profile and…
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Replace a section of code in .profile with a file using sed or awk

I am trying to change a .profile (Ubuntu) as follows: Original .profile file section: # the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask # for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package. #umask 022 # if running…
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cannot access variable environment from .profile using rails

In my rails application, I exported my database variables in .profile using ansible. the variables are accessible by the command printenv. However, when I run the application or use rails c via ENV['NAME'] , the variables aren't there. Does anyone…
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Permanent Env variable not recognised

I have a script placed in /etc/profile.d/script.sh that on SSH connect checks if the user has the environment variables 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' set in their ~/.profile file. If not, it asks to enter these details. Problem I am…
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Why do I have to type source env.sh before I can use a geophysical processing software called Madagascar?

I recently installed a geophysical processing software called Madagascar in Ubuntu 1904. The installation of the program was smooth and I didn't encounter any problems. The problem is that in order to used any program of Madagascar I need to be in…
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How do i make the colour of the $ bit in a terminal change colour every line?

currently i have this: function xtitle2() # Adds some text in the terminal frame. { export var1=`echo $HOSTNAME | perl -pe 's/^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\.(.*)$/\1/g'` export var2=`pwd` echo -n -e "\033]0;$var1 : $var2\007" a=$(( $a + 1 )) if (( $a > 36…
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$PATH error every time Terminal is Opened

I had installed Postgres.app before and after I uninstalled via App Cleaner now every time I open terminal this error appears in the first line I should mention that a followed what documentation for uninstalling the Postgres on their website but it…
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How can I ensure an application is correctly found on the path with Ubuntu SSH

Context I have a shell script which is called from Jenkins remotely via SSH. If I SSH to the user account manually and then run the script it works. However, when Jenkins does this (same user account but executes command as an argument to the SSH…
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