How do I reload .bashrc without logging out and back in?

Question

Hello StackOverflowers,

If I make changes to .bashrc, how do I reload it without logging out and back in?

I'm embarrassed that I don't know the answer to this question, since I do a fair amount of bash scripting. I'm also couldn't decide if I should post this on ServerFault, but since I do more scripting than sysadmin, I chose StackOverflow; go ahead and move it if you (the community) feel that SF would have been a better choice.

Thanks in advance. I'm sure once I hear the answer I'll be saying "doh! I knew that.", but it'll probably be good to have the answer here for other folks like me that should know (or do), but can't remember (I did search before asking, and couldn't find the answer, sorry if this is a repost).

--jed

Answer 1

. .bashrc

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Answer 2

type:

source .bashrc

Answer 3

You just have to enter the command:

source ~/.bashrc