$BASH_ENV  –  Path to Startup File

If $BASH_ENV is defined when Bash executes a script, then it’s expanded and used as the name of Bash’s startup file.

Links

• Bash manual
• Bash Startup Files

Examples

Define a startup script

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echo 'echo startup' > startup.sh echo 'echo script' > script.sh BASH_ENV=./startup.sh bash ./script.sh