Bash Invocation of non-login shells: Which configuration Files?

According to the LPIC-1/CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide:

If you’re using a non-login shell, things are pretty straightforward. The bash shell simply runs /etc/bashrc for system-wide functions and aliases, and then it runs ∼/.bashrc from the user’s home directory for user-specific customizations.

However, according to the following: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-Startup-Files.html#Bash-Startup-Files

When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, Bash reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that file exists.

The above is in conflict. Does Bash execution the /etc/bashrc file prior to the ∼/.bashrc or not? What script could I look at to verify this?

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darkerosxx

Pretty easy to confirm... create an alias in one or the other and try to use it.

teancum144

darkerosxx wrote: »

Pretty easy to confirm... create an alias in one or the other and try to use it.

I'm a little unclear?

Would you mind providing a little more detail?

teancum144

Here's another source:

An interactive nonlogin shell executes commands in the ~/. bashrc file. The default ~/. bashrc file calls /etc/bashrc.

Sobell, Mark G. (2012-09-14). A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (3rd Edition) (Kindle Locations 8353-8354). Pearson Education. Kindle Edition.

darkerosxx

teancum144 wrote: »

I'm a little unclear? Would you mind providing a little more detail?

Create an alias in one of the bashrc files and try to use it under both conditions. One will fail and you will know which one works.

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