How to reload your bashrc file

Here’s a quick way to reload your bachrc file without having to invoke a new shell.

[root@bambee]# source ~/.bashrc

or

[root@bambee]# . ~/.bashrc

5 Responses to “How to reload your bashrc file”

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1. Thaweesak says:

   June 21, 2008 at 4:35 pm

   Dude, time to move over to ./zshrc.

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2. Danny says:

   June 21, 2008 at 8:15 pm

   one feature got me to love zsh, command completion for commands and options out of the box

   Thanks dude

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3. Arstan says:

   June 25, 2008 at 9:28 pm

   I think just typing bash also will do the trick

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4. Arstan says:

   June 26, 2008 at 6:54 pm

   I think just typing bash will do the trick as well

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5. paamayim nekudotayim says:

   December 31, 2008 at 4:35 am

   @Arstan,

   Ah, but that would be invoking a new shell, wouldn’t it…?

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