NAME

profile — login shell startup

SYNOPSIS

~/.profile

/etc/profile

/etc/default/profile

DESCRIPTION

Interactive login shell sessions in sh(1) execute the commands in the profile script upon startup, searching for the user's script at ~/.profile, any system administrator provided script at /etc/profile, or any operating system provided script at /etc/default/profile, whichever exists first. The shrc(5) script is run instead in interactive non-login shell sessions.

FILES

~/.profile

The user's profile script.

/etc/profile

The system administor provided profile script.

/etc/default/profile

The operating system provided profile script.

EXAMPLES

To portably run the shrc(5) script upon startup of non-login interactive shells in all shells:

export ENV="$HOME/.shrc"

SEE ALSO

dash(1), sh(1), shrc(5)

BUGS

sh(1) is currently primitive and cannot execute most scripts. Beware of sharing the profile script between it and other shells such as dash(1).