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		dbbolton on July 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bash Configurations Demystified Is there a specific reason why you would want to source .profile from within .bash_profile instead of just making one a symlink to the other?

lmz on July 21, 2013 [–]

Other shells (e.g. ksh) may only use .profile.

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