I want to know which file to edit in order to launch my `.bash_profile` when I graphically start the terminal.

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I am using an AWS Workspace with the following OS and the default MATE terminal.

```bsh
$ cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Amazon Linux"
VERSION="2"
ID="amzn"
ID_LIKE="centos rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="2"
PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux 2"
ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
CPE_NAME="cpe:2.3:o:amazon:amazon_linux:2"
HOME_URL="https://amazonlinux.com/"

```

There are so many files in `~/etc`:

```
bashrc
profile
/profile.d
    #lots of .sh

```

But in my `/home/<usr>` directory I have:

```
.bashrc
.bash_profile 

```

^ I created this bash\_profile file and it works when I launch the terminal graphically and do `$ source ~/.bash_profile`

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**REQUESTED EDIT:**
This is what I am putting in my `.bash_profile` it colors my command prompt on every line and adds a timestamp and mentions the virtualenv I have active. I expect it to 

```bsh

# in order to be able to change the color of venv prompt
#
function virtualenv_info(){
    # Get Virtual Env
    if [[ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]]; then
        # Strip out the path and just leave the env name
        venv="${VIRTUAL_ENV##*/}"
    else
        # In case you don't have one activated
        venv=''
    fi
    [[ -n "$venv" ]] && echo "(pvenv:$venv) "
}

# disable the default virtualenv prompt change
export VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1

VENV="\$(virtualenv_info)";
#

git_branch() {
  git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/<b:\1>/'
}

# set the prompt color
# color starts with `\e[36m` and is closed with `\e[0m`
export PS1="\e[36m[\t] \e[38;5;203m${VENV}\e[38;5;78m\$(git_branch) \e[38;5;179m\w \e[0m☯  "

```

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TX8Nk.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TX8Nk.png)

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**WORKAROUND** by checking this box in the default MATE terminal application.

[![REQUESTED EDIT:](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dP1en.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dP1en.png)