bash aliases not configured when starting new terminal session

Question

I have a Z shell terminal, and I want to configure some aliases to use.

I have made a .bash_profiles file to configure some commands.

This works great after I run this command $ source ~/.bash_profiles

but I have to do it every time i start up a new terminal session.

Is there a way to persist this, so I only have to configure this once??

zsh != bash. Do you have a .zshrc? Input the command into this file and start a new zsh see if this works. — s1mmel, Feb 6, 2020 at 9:46
On top of the comments and answers; If the aliases should be bash compatible, the file should be named .bash_profile, and not .bash_profiles. — mgor, Feb 6, 2020 at 9:56

iBug · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-06 09:46:58Z

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Z shell looks for ~/.zshrc by default, so you can add such a line to ~/.zshrc:

source ~/.bash_profiles

Create the file if it doesn't exist already, or append to its end so your source becomes effective after all original content has been processed.

answered Feb 6, 2020 at 9:46

iBug

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