How do I reload .bashrc without logging out?

[cb34]

Hi, i'm just wondering if there's a way to reload .bashrc real quick without logging out, or even the main bashrc file, for adding aliases and applying them on the fly and things like that??

Thanks to anybody who has some trick for this. :)

lol edit-> right after i hit submit post, i'm thinkin.. do i just have to run the .bashrc script again?.:p:p

[5BallJuggler]

try this

open a terminal window and type :-

sudo bashrc restart

[cb34]

with or without sudo.. bashrc: command not found

but thanks for trying.. :)

[cb34]

i added an alias in /home/cb34/.bashrc for testing purposes..
i cant run: sh .bashrc or with sudo, without getting an error and it doesn't work..

but when i run: sh /root/.bashrc or with sudo
it runs just fine.. no errors.. and the alias i put in my home .bashrc only works in a root shell.. not for me in regular terminal... weird.... if you can understand what i just wrote.. LOL:p

[ajcham]

. .bashrc

[theozzlives]

. .bashrc


..bashrc

[ajcham]

..bashrc

No, that won't work. The command I gave was correct.

[KeyserSoze93]

..bashrc

No, the first one was right (. .bashrc), assuming your in your home folder, otherwise:

. ~/.bashrc

A "." on it's own means source a script file, and .bashrc is the name of that files (works even if it's not chmod'ed +x)

Another way, which might be better, is simply to run
bash from your existing shell, which will start a new subshell, reading any new changes to bashrc. When you exit that shell, you'll be back at the first shell you opened.

[cb34]

..bashrc does not work.

. .bashrc when in the home dir and

. ~/.bashrc both do work.. Thank You! (and now i do understand why sh didn't work and this does! Thanks.)

running just... bash ..also works. (i tried.. bash start ..before.. i was so close.LoL :P)

thank you so much guyz!!

:guitar:

[mixmaster]

. .bashrc should work (note the space) but only if you are already in your home directory.

. ~/.bashrc should work anywhere.

Just bash will work but means that you have spawned an extra command shell. Not significant unless you do it a lot without exiting the shell on a machine you don't reboot very often

[cb34]

thanks for the info mixmaster, much appreciated. :)

[cb34]

why can i not say thank you to anyone in here, nor can i mark this thread as solved.. weird... ??

[overdrank]

why can i not say thank you to anyone in here, nor can i mark this thread as solved.. weird... ??
The feature has been disabled for a bit.
Here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1039481)

[kevdog]

I always thought the command to use was source, such as

source ~/.bashrc

Is this incorrect?

[ajcham]

I always thought the command to use was source, such as

source ~/.bashrc

Is this incorrect?

No, you are correct. 'source' and '.' are equivalent to one another - see here. (http://www.ss64.com/bash/period.html)

[kevdog]

Thanks for that tip -- I didnt know they were equivalent -- maybe its just easier for me to remember the name of a command rather than . Using a . sometimes makes for messy syntax if using this in a script.

[Sailo]

The easiest way to reload bashrc is to run the command

source .bashrc (assuming your in your home directory) otherwise put in the complete path ie. source ~/.bashrc

Just remember you'll have to do this for all open terminal windows, as they will have already read the bashrc file when they first opened.