How to find .bashrc or .zshrc?

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I just got a MacBook Pro and am in the process of trying to get GNU commands installed. I'm following this guide, but I don't know how to do:

Then add the following line to your .bashrc or .zshrc:

export PATH="$(brew --prefix coreutils)/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

I did a cd; ls -a and I don't see any files called .bashrc or .zshrc.

Additional Info:
Running Yosemite 10.10.3 on a MacBook Pro. Already have Xcode installed. Total newbie at this.

jherran · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-20 19:07:21Z

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To know which shell are you using, use the following command:

$ echo $SHELL

It will return something like:

/bin/bash

or

/bin/zsh

After you know the shell, if the file .bashrc or .zshrc doesn't exist in your home directory (echo $HOME to find out), just create it.

If you are using bash, you may have a file called .bash_profile where you can put your export command instead (don't know in zsh).

answered Apr 18, 2015 at 22:31

jherran

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Mine returns to /bin/bash, but I don't have a .bashrc. How and where do I create it? I do remember seeing a .bash_profile somewhere after doing 'ls -a' but I don't remember how I got there
– Tommy K
Commented Apr 20, 2015 at 20:30
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@TommyK create it in your user dir, using touch ~/.bashrc
– njboot
Commented May 13, 2015 at 7:39
vscode adds something to the PATH, but I didn't see the file .zshrc, so which file did it modify?
– Raining
Commented Apr 16, 2020 at 7:07

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rrmode · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-20 23:56:05Z

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Create your .bashrc with your text editor & add any files you want. Go to terminal and type in: ls -a It will show some hidden files.

answered Apr 20, 2015 at 23:46

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