iTerm/zsh not reading .bashrc OR .bash_profile
The answer is simple, almost evident in the question. Here's why:
The shell zsh
is not bash
, it is a different shell. zsh
will not use the default files built for bash
: .bashrc
or .bash_profile
. These two files are startup configuration files for bash
. zsh
has its own startup configuration files.
You can find out more about them here on the zsh
intro page:
There are five startup files that zsh will read commands from:
$ZDOTDIR/.zshenv $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin $ZDOTDIR/.zlogout
You had mentioned your aliases don't work, to fix this, apply your aliases here like so:
~/.zshrc
alias sz='source ~/.zshrc' # Easily source your ~/.zshrc file.
alias ls='pwd; ls --color' # Alias 'ls' to: pwd + ls + color.
If you are using zsh then to force source .bash_profile
in ~/.zshrc
add the line below
source ~/.bash_profile
P.S - I havent investigated whether this can cause any problem.
Copy the lines from ~/.bash_profile to ~/.zshrc
cat ~/.bash_profile >> ~/.zshrc
And open a new terminal tab/window or use source ~/.zshrc