Users often want to configure their login and interactive shells in the same way. To do this, they choose to interpret (or “source”) the content from <filename>~/.bashrc</filename> in the <filename>~/.bash_profile</filename> file. However, the default <filename>~/.profile</filename> file is sourcing <filename>~/.bashrc</filename> already and you don't need to create <filename>~/.bash_profile</filename> for this purpose anymore, except you want to customize your shell further (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bash</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for which files are read by <command>bash</command> for login shells). It is also possible to do the same with files common to all users (by calling <filename>/etc/bash.bashrc</filename> from <filename>/etc/profile</filename>, which is also done by default now).
غالباً يختار المستخدمون ضبط صدفة الدخول والصدفات التفاعلية بالشكل نفسه. لعمل ذلك، يجب طلب تفسير (أو ”source تضمين“) محتوى <filename dir="ltr">~/.bashrc</filename> من الملف <filename dir="ltr">~/.bash_profile</filename>. يمكن فعل الشيء نفسه بالملفات المشتركة بين جميع المستخدمين (استدعاء <filename dir="ltr">/etc/bash.bashrc</filename> من <filename dir="ltr">/etc/profile</filename> ).