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Asked: 2026-05-15T12:20:02+00:00

I’ve been advised to remove the return command from my bashrc file in order

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I’ve been advised to remove the return command from my bashrc file in order to allow Ruby Version Manager to function properly. Do I simply delete the return command, or do I replace it with some other command? I am hesitant to mess with my System-wide shell without some proper direction. But I would really like to get RVM working as it is a time saver.

My bashrc is located in the etc directory and looks like this:

# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells.
if [ -z "$PS1" ]; then
   return
fi

PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '
# Make bash check its window size after a process completes
shopt -s checkwinsize
if [[ -s /Users/justinz/.rvm/scripts/rvm ]] ; then source /Users/justinz/.rvm/scripts/rvm ; fi

The last line, is an insert, described in the RVM installation.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I wouldn’t. That return is probably there for a good reason. It obviously doesn’t want to execute anything after that if the PS1 variable is empty.

    I would just move the inserted line up above the if statement.

    In addition, if that’s actually in the system-wide bashrc file, you should be using something like:

    ${HOME}/.rvm/scripts/rvm

    rather than:

    /Users/justinz/.rvm/scripts/rvm

    I’m sure Bob and Alice don’t want to run your startup script.

    If it’s actually your bashrc file (in /Users/justinz), you can ignore that last snippet above.

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