Shell .rc and .profile configurations

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Shell `.rc` and `.profile` configurations¶

Some of the common configurations I tend to use for bash shells. My commonly used .bashrc files for different environments are

Debian .bashrc
*nix .zshrc
OSX .zprofile

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zsh startup files

`zsh` startup files¶

Taken from the docs, zsh reads from 5 different startup files

$ZDOTDIR/.zshenv
$ZDOTDIR/.zprofile
$ZDOTDIR/.zshrc
$ZDOTDIR/.zlogin
$ZDOTDIR/.zlogout

If $ZDOTDIR is unset, it defaults to the home directory.

.zshenv is used on all shell invocations, unless with the -f (no-rcs) flag is passed. From the docs

It should contain commands to set the command search path, plus other important environment variables. .zshenv should not contain commands that produce output or assume the shell is attached to a tty.

This is in contrast to

.zshrc is sourced in interactive shells. It should contain commands to set up aliases, functions, options, key bindings, etc.

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