[nmglug] editing bash

[Nick Frost]

BrianO'Keefe wrote:
>
> Thanks Nick. Would I just then create the .bashrc file in my home  
> directory and then do the commands as you've written in a shell as  
> opposed to adding the lines to the .bashrc file?

Well, if the environment variables are needed to run the application  
under your user account, you would add those lines to your  
existing .bashrc.  If you do not have a .bashrc you can create one, or  
copy the one that should be in /etc/skel/.bashrc into your home  
directory and edit the copy in your homedir.

Once you have changed the contents of .bashrc you can tell the shell  
to source the file by executing this command at the BASH prompt.

source .bashrc

which avoids the need to re-spawn a shell or logout/login.

or if you are not  in your homedir you can do this;

source ~/.bashrc

I hope the helps. If you want to see if the environment variables  
propagated correctly, you can do that with by typing;

export

in the BASH shell.  If you want to check environment data you can type

/usr/bin/env

or (one some systems)

/bin/env.

-Nick


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