September 17, 2025

Reload .bashrc without losing history of current session

I’ve used $ bash to reload .bashrc after modification.

However running $ bash erases history; i.e. CTRL + P doesn’t show the last command (but the one of the penultimate session maybe?). Anyway.

So instead, to reload .bashrc and preserve the current session, I can run:

$ . ~/.bashrc

or

$ source ~/.bashrc

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