The Article Simply & Clearly Tell What’s the Difference Between Main Bash User Configuration Files:
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.bashrc
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.bashrc
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.profile
Both the .bash Prefixed Config Files are Loaded Only from a Bash Shell and Not from sh, ksh, mksh and dash.
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.bashrc and .profile
Are Loaded Only Once at Login Time.
(.profile was Originally Intended for the Sh Shell and it is Loaded Only in Absence of the .bashrc one.).
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.bashrc
Is Loaded Every Time you Open a New Terminal Console Window.
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