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BASH login vs non-login shell

like in remote SSH reads ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile, in that order.

like in Terminal in GUI reads /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc

contains general things like the environment variables

contains the command prmpt coloring etc...

makes sure that the above are also loaded for the login shells.

#
# .bash_profile
#

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    source ~/.bashrc
fi

if [ -f ~/.profile ]; then
    source ~/.profile
fi