Can I add a command in bash that starts when I open it?

[Nathan]

On Thursday 23 October 2008 22:16:46 Mike Hoy wrote:
> Just out of curiosity can I have a command execute when I open command
> line?
>
> Thought I would have:
>
> cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
>
> start up each time I opened it so I could check my temperature regularly.
>
> I searched for the answer and the closest answer I got was putting it
> in /etc/rc.local, but that didn't work.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Hoy
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Simple. Add that command to your .bashrc file. Some shells use .profile 
instead. Play around with that.

echo cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature >> .bashrc

nathan