.bashrc is a script that runs whenever a Bash shell is started. You can put any commands in this script. This .bashrc file is found in your home directory. So let’s start.
- Create .bashrc file in home directory. ~ is a shortcut for the home directory.
touch ~/.bashrc- open your .barshrc file using nano
nano ~/.bashrc- Write a command. In the command below, we add the bin folder to the end of the existing $PATH variable.
PATH=$PATH:~/opt/bin- Save and Exit nano: control + x => y (yes) => enter
