Alias to refresh the .profile file

Why do you have to do it

Refresh your .profile file is something you have to do everytime you make changes inside your .profile file and you want to apply the changes.

To accelerate this repetitive task it is recommended to create an alias to do it.

How to do it

• Edit your .profile file
• Type

alias <YourAliasName>="source ~/.profile"

Note

alias is the internal command you call to create an alias.

<YourAliasName> is the name of the alias you wan to create.

source is the command to refresh and apply the changes.

~/.profile is the path of your .profile file.

~ which stands for your Home directory.

Warning

The first time you edit the .profile file and you add this refresh fonctionality you need to refresh it manually before to be able to use the alias you created.

To do it just type

source ~/.profile