On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier <[email protected]> wrote:
>> PPS: where is the twisty collection of bash startup files documented?
>
> bash(1)'s FILES section  has an incomplete list files.

What is missing in the FILES section, is that
 if ~/.bash_profile is unavailable, interactive login Bash looks for
~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile,
in that order, and reads and executes commands  from  the  first one
that  exists and is readable.
See the INVOCATION section which provides all the details.

> But where is the
> documentation for what they do?

Please, start with bash(1) which is the definitive reference on Bash behavior.
Then see the documentation for the utilities invoked in the
initialization  files.

Perhaps, the easiest thing one can do is to provide the custom
~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc
by editing/replacing those created by the installation procedure.

greg
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