How Do I Change User Profile in Linux?

How Do I Change User Profile in Linux?
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How do I change my profile in Linux?

You have two options for editing the file.

  1. Visit your home directory, and press CTRL H to show hidden files, find . profile and open it with your text editor and make the changes.
  2. Use the terminal and the inbuilt command-line file editor (called nano). Open Terminal (I think CTRL Alt T works as a shortcut)

Where is the user profile in Linux?

. profile file in Linux comes under the System startup files(defines user environment after reading the initialization files that you have set up when you log in to shell). File like /etc/profile controls variables for profile of all users of the system whereas, . profile allows you to customize your own environment.

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