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My ~/.bashrc: https://pastebin.com/VA7RLA2E

My ~/.Xresources: https://pastebin.com/qSF1z0w4

How do I make XTerm automatically source .bashrc when it starts?
Currently, whenever I open a new XTerm window, it doesn't source ~/.bashrc.

My OS is Ubuntu 18.04.

In your ~/.Xresources file, you have the line

xterm*loginShell: true

This would make XTerm start the shell session as a login shell. When bash runs as a login shell, it reads your ~/.bash_profile file, but it does not read ~/.bashrc (this file is read by non-login interactive sessions) unless ~/.bash_profile reads it with source explicitly.

You have two options:

1. Remove the line from ~/.Xresources that specifies that the shell should be a login shell. You will likely have to exit your graphical login session for this file to be re-read and for the changes to take effect.


2. 
   

   Make your ~/.bash_profile file source your ~/.bashrc file, while making sure that your ~/.bashrc file is not sourcing the ~/.bash_profile file at the same time (which would create an infinite loop).

   
   
   

   An example of how you may do this (this would be added to the ~/.bash_profile file):

   
   
   

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

   
   
   

   You may need to do something similar for /etc/profile vs /etc/bash.bashrc, or wherever the system's bashrc is on your system if not already done by your system. However, as /etc/profile is read by all Bourne-like shells, not just bash, it needs to be adapted a little:

   
   
   

   if [ -n "$BASH" ] &&
   
      [ "$BASH" != /bin/sh ] &&
   
      [ -o interactive ] &&
   
      [ ! -o posix ] &&
   
      [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]
   
   then
   
     source /etc/bash.bashrc
   
   fi
   
   

   
   

I would do the following:

• Make sure .bashrc is in your home folder


• 
  

  Make sure that it is owned by you

  
  
  

  xterm -e bash --rcfile /home/someuser/.bashrc