Is there anything in Zsh like .bash_profile?

Bash Problem Overview

Everytime I open the terminal, I have to source .bash_profile to enable the $JAVA_HOME or other variables.

Bash Solutions

Solution 1 - Bash

Yes, it's called ~/.zshenv.

Here's how I have $JAVA_HOME set in ~/.zshenv:

export JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home)"

Keep in mind, however, that zsh is not bash, so just 'cause you have to source your .bash_profile every time you open a terminal does not mean that you have to do that with zsh. With zsh, I only have to re-source my ~/.zshenv when I make changes to it, and then only for terminals which are already open: new terminals should have already sourced my new and improved ~/.zshenv.

NOTE

I often find it helpful, when trying to determine which of my zsh startup files I should place things in to consult zsh startup files.

A newer version of the documentation for startup files can be found here.

Solution 2 - Bash

I know this is an old question, but I recently upgraded MacOs to Catalina which changed the default shell from bash to zsh.

I ended up doing this:

 echo source ~/.bash_profile > ~/.zshenv && source ~/.zshenv

To have zsh source my original .bash_profile.

Solution 3 - Bash

Other simple alternative to continue using your .bash_profile is add this file to your .zshrc file:

Open your .zhsrc file > vim ~/.zshrc
Add this line to your .zshrc file > source ~/.bash_profile

with this simple solution you can continue adding your .bash_prifile if you like zhs.

Adding .bash_profile

Solution 4 - Bash

Recently, with the upgrade to macOS Catalina, the default shell changed to zsh, which uses ~/.zshrc as the resource file.

We usually had ~/.bash_profile inside user home directory the solution is to simply

Open ~/.bash_profile by running vim ~/.bash_profile
Open ~/.zshrc by running vim ~/.zshrc
Copy the content of ~/.bash_profile into ~/.zshrc

Open a new terminal window and run your previous aliases/scripts, which should work flawlessly.

Solution 5 - Bash

In Mac Catalina onwards osx versions, the terminal uses zsh. There is a system-wide profile /etc/zprofile.

cat /etc/zprofile

# System-wide profile for interactive zsh(1) login shells.

# Setup user specific overrides for this in ~/.zprofile. See zshbuiltins(1)
# and zshoptions(1) for more details.

if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
	eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi

it says , if you want to override then create ~/.zprofile.

touch ~/.zprofile.

Solution 6 - Bash

There are five separate profile scripts that get executed (in the order given below) when we launch a zsh shell or close it out.

(1) .zshenv --> This is always sourced first but can be overridden by other

(2).zprofile --> This is equivalent for users coming from ksh experience

(3).zshrc --> This is for all of the interactive customizations of zsh

(4).zlogin --> This executes after first three are done

(5).zlogout --> This is executed when we logout of the zsh shell it would be advisable to put your stuff in .zshenv or in .zshrc

It is not mandatory to have any one of these files. But if it is there, it will be sourced from and executed in the above order.

Solution 7 - Bash

In Mac Catalina, terminal uses zsh. Instead of having .bash_profile, good to have .zshenv and write your script there.

When you open terminal next every time, scripts inside .zshenv gets executed.

Solution 8 - Bash

I was running into this issue and I followed Zack and Luke Schoen's answer, but my $PATH didn't look the same as what I had in bash.

This post explains what the different config files do: <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/71253/what-should-shouldnt-go-in-zshenv-zshrc-zlogin-zprofile-zlogout>

I found that splitting my .bash_profile path exports into .zprofile and my aliases into .zshrc worked best for what I wanted.

I found why Zack and Luke Schoen's answer didn't work for me:

The path exports that I listed in .zshenv were executed first and /usr/libexec/path_helper was executed afterwards, which prepended the paths listed in /etc/paths.

Solution 9 - Bash

I found the profile file under /etc/zprofile location. This will be for zsh

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