~/.bashrc not sourced in a new lxterminal window

Question

I added some lines to my ~/.bashrc like

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.6.0_22

I sourced it:

$ source ~/.bashrc
$ env | grep 'JAVA'
JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.6.0_22

Then I created a basic bash script under a folder called scripts in my home:

#!/bin/bash

echo 'start'
echo $(env | grep HOME)
echo $(env | grep LOGNAME)
echo $(env | grep JAVA)
echo 'exiting'

sleep 5
exit

Now, if I launch it directly I get the expected output

$ cd ~/scripts
$ bash 'myScript.sh'
start
HOME=/home/foo/.config
LOGNAME=foo
JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.6.0_22
exiting

However I need to call it in a different way using the following command, and unluckily it doesn't work in the same way:

$ lxterminal --command "bash /home/foo/scripts/myScript.sh"
start
HOME=/home/foo XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/foo/.config
LOGNAME=foo

exiting

It seems like .bashrc is not sourced in this way. I tried with .profile too, but with the same result. Is there another file sourced by lxterminal when called with the above command?

The reason why I need this command is because I want to launch these my own scripts through links/launchers I added to the start-menu and they have to be executed on a lxterminal window.

Answer 1

Try forcing bash to use interactive mode:

lxterminal --command "bash -i /home/foo/scripts/myScript.sh"

This happens because:

• ~/.bashrc is read in interactive mode;

• ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login and ~/.profile are read in login mode.

See Invocation in man bash.