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Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster

From Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster
Date 2021-04-12 17:30 +0200
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On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 10:18:19AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> I'm not using PS1 to test whether stdout is a terminal, but whether
> the file is running interactively. From man bash:
> 
>   "PS1 is set and $- includes i if bash is interactive, allowing a
>   shell script or a startup file to test this state.

The second half of that sentence is referring to the $- part.  That's
what you're supposed to test to see whether the shell is interactive.

# bash
if [[ $- = *i* ]]; then
  echo "I am an interactive shell"
echo 

# sh
case $- in
  *i*) echo "I am an interactive shell" ;;
esac

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.profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-04-07 14:20 +0200
  Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-04-07 14:30 +0200
    Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-04-07 17:30 +0200
    Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-04-07 17:40 +0200
  Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-07 14:40 +0200
  Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-04-07 17:10 +0200
  Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2021-04-07 17:20 +0200
    Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-07 17:40 +0200
      Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-04-07 18:40 +0200
        Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Marco Ippolito <maroloccio@gmail.com> - 2021-04-07 23:20 +0200
          Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2021-04-07 23:50 +0200
            Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Marco Ippolito <maroloccio@gmail.com> - 2021-04-08 14:30 +0200
            Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-04-10 20:30 +0200
              Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2021-04-10 21:00 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-10 21:30 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-04-11 16:20 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-11 16:50 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2021-04-11 19:10 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-11 20:00 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-04-12 17:20 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-12 17:30 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-04-12 18:10 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-04-11 16:20 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-11 16:50 +0200
                Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-04-12 17:20 +0200
      Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2021-04-07 23:50 +0200
        Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-08 00:10 +0200
          Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-04-08 10:20 +0200
            Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-04-08 12:20 +0200
              Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-08 13:30 +0200
            Re: .profile not being src'd at login on uptodate buster Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-04-08 13:40 +0200

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