How to load .profile without relogin in AIX?

Question

How can I load my .profile file without a relogin in AIX Server?

Related: [how do i tell gnome to reread my ~/.profile](http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/2949/12779) and [How to change environment variables without re-logging to UI?](http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/43638/12779) — Marco, Oct 12 '13 at 11:31

Marco · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-12T14:29:17.747

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Simply source it:

. ~/.profile

Or do a login with su -l <user>, this doesn't require a logout.

edited Oct 12 '13 at 14:29

answered Oct 12 '13 at 11:00

Marco

In the case of `su -l `, the options `-`, `-l` and `--login` are equivalent. – Megidd Jun 15 '18 at 14:13

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '13 at 11:16

2

source ~/.profile

and

. ~/.profile

answered Oct 12 '13 at 11:16

PersianGulf

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