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

[Dazed_75]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 1:28 AM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
> Am 24. Okt, 2008 schwätzte Mike Hoy so:
>
>> I edited this file and put echo cat
>> /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature >> .bashrc at the end of it.
>
> You put the echo command in your .bashrc?
>
> If so, move your .bashrc to some other name, for example:
>
> mv -i .bashrc .bashrc.horked
>
> You might need to run that as root if you can't login as you.
>
> You probably have lots of extra information at the end of your .bashrc
> file and they're causing your login to fail.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
> --

Mike, the reason der Hans says this is that the "echo cat ... >>
.bashrc" was not meant to be put into the .bashrc file but rather as a
command to append the "cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature"
line to .bashrc.  By putting the echo line into .bashrc, you append
the cat line every time .bashrc is used thereby borking/horking the
file.  So Hans is having you get that file out of the way so it can be
replaced or rebuilt.

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