Question

I have .profile file on my unix system. I have added some variables in another file (File Name= .others).
And I want to link this file within .profile file. Each time I log on the system .profile and .others property files will be loaded.

How can I link between these files?

Thanks.

Answer 1

add to your .profile this

if [ -f "$HOME/.others" ]; then
    . "$HOME/.others"
fi

and add something to .others like this

export foo=bar

or whatever u want into .others 😉

EDIT: altough there is a easier way to do this, put the content of .others into .bashrc (at the end)