How to reload bash profile from the command line

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How can I reload  bash profile from the command line       I can get the shell to recognize changes to  bash profile by exiting and logging back in but I would like to be able to do it on demand

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if the  bash profile does not exist you can try run the following command        bashrc    or   source    bashrc   instead of  bash profile  You can find more information about bashrc

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Simply type source    bash profile  Alternatively  if you like saving keystrokes you can type      bash profile

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I like the fact that after you have just edited the file  all you need to do is type          This sources the file you had just edited in history  See What is bang dollar in bash

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bash profile   Just make sure you don t have any dependencies on the current state in there

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Save  bash profile file     Goto user s home directory by typing cd    Reload the profile with    bash profile

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you just need to type      bash profile  refer  https   superuser com questions 46139 what-does-source-do

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I am running Sierra  and was working on this for a while  trying all recommended solutions   I became confounded so eventually tried restarting my computer  It worked  my conclusion is that sometimes a hard reset is necessary

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Simply type        bash profile   However  if you want to source it to run automatically when terminal starts instead of running it every time you open terminal  you might add      bash profile to    bashrc file   Note   When you open a terminal  the terminal starts bash in  non-login  interactive mode  which means it will source    bashrc      bash profile is only sourced by bash when started in interactive login mode  That is typically only when you login at the console  Ctrl Alt F1  F6   or connecting via ssh

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Add alias bashs  source    bash profile  in to your bash file  So you can call bashs from next time

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You can also use this command to reload the    bash profile for that user  Make sure to use the dash   su - username

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alias reload        bash profile    or if wanna add logs via functions  function reload           echo  Reloading bash profile          source    bash profile     echo  Reloaded

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I use Debian and I can simply type exec bash to achieve this  I can t say if it will work on all other distributions

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If you don t mind losing the history of your current shell terminal you could also do  bash -l  That would fork your shell and open up another child process of bash  The -l parameter tells bash to run as a login shell  this is required because  bash profile will not run as a non-login shell  for more info about this read here  If you want to completely replace the current shell you can also do   exec bash -l  The above will not fork your current shell but replace it completely  so when you type exit it will completely terminate  rather than dropping you to the previous shell

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I wanted to post a quick answer that while using source    bash profile or the answers mentioned above works  one thing to mention is that this only reloads your bash profile in the current tab or session you are viewing  If you wish to reload your bash profile on every tab shell  you need to enter this command manually in each of them    If you use iTerm  you can use CMD  Shift I to enter a command into all current tabs  For terminal it may be useful to reference this issue

[bash] How to reload .bash_profile from the command line?

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