Post AGSE9Pb2JVSymcyTGi by alexandra@mk.nixnet.social
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 (DIR) Post #AGSE9NsgguOhSnDXVI by shoofle@cybre.space
       2022-02-14T02:54:31Z
       
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       just read an entire article on the differences between .bashrc, .bash_profile, and .profile, and i am more confused than i was before
       
 (DIR) Post #AGSE9OclvZGDlimLKq by shoofle@cybre.space
       2022-02-14T03:01:30Z
       
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       like i had no idea of the distinction between login and non-login shells; i was not aware that if i type bash it will launch a shell with drastically different qualities than my login one
       
 (DIR) Post #AGSE9PAnt2TzTGhWNc by shoofle@cybre.space
       2022-02-14T03:02:29Z
       
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       i THINK i would like to stnadardize on .profile or .bash_profile, i'm not sure whether my osx terminal uses .bash_profile...
       
 (DIR) Post #AGSE9Pb2JVSymcyTGi by alexandra@mk.nixnet.social
       2022-02-14T03:02:56.236Z
       
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       @shoofle@cybre.space if echo $SHELL prints bash it uses .bash_profile
       
 (DIR) Post #AGSE9Q2Kg1Ii9HkGoa by shoofle@cybre.space
       2022-02-14T03:03:50Z
       
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       @alexandra tragically i can't actually log onto my macbook at the moment
       
 (DIR) Post #AGSE9QZeg7xJodKskq by alexandra@mk.nixnet.social
       2022-02-14T03:04:34.532Z
       
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       @shoofle@cybre.space I'm pretty confident the default shells on Macs is bash, it was the last time I used one if I recall correctly
       
 (DIR) Post #AGSE9R96YKJPaZvC0e by alexandra@mk.nixnet.social
       2022-02-14T03:05:56.101Z
       
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       @shoofle@cybre.space but .profile will work if you do have any systems that don't use .bash, as long as you stick to the common subset of all your shells in it
       
 (DIR) Post #AGSE9RlkEfDjWQ03Em by abloo@mk.absturztau.be
       2022-02-14T03:06:26.610Z
       
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       @alexandra@mk.nixnet.social @shoofle@cybre.space It switched to zsh a while ago
       
 (DIR) Post #AGSE9VPCiPZCnfU6eu by shoofle@cybre.space
       2022-02-14T03:05:10Z
       
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       previously i had them all set up with a convoluted set of conditions to ensure that only one of these three would run, and that they would all be sourced from some known good file that i trusted. the old "there are three competing standards, time to make a fourth" one