Re: Difference between .bashrc and .bash_profile?

From: Timothy Murphy (tim_at_birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:21:10 +0000

Peter T. Breuer wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc Viet Nguyen <downup@turtle.com> wrote:
>> What's the difference between the two bash start files ?
>
> There are three. No! Four. Uh, five.
>
> I give up. What's the difference between your two hands?

It was a perfectly clear and sensible question.

What is the difference in function between .bashrc and .bash_profile?
What should one put in the first, and what in the second? 

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