There is a . bashrc in every user’s home folder (99.99% of the time) as well as one system-wide (which I don’t know the location of in Ubuntu). The quickest way to access it is nano ~/. bashrc from a terminal (replace nano with whatever you like to use).

How do I open .bashrc in terminal?

The . bashrc file in your Home directory contains commands that run when you open a Terminal window. So, we can add a cd command to change to a specific directory as soon as the Terminal window opens. To do this, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a Terminal window.

What is .bashrc file in Linux?

bashrc file is a script file that’s executed when a user logs in. The file itself contains a series of configurations for the terminal session. This includes setting up or enabling: coloring, completion, shell history, command aliases, and more. It is a hidden file and simple ls command won’t show the file.