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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:09:48 +0000Start an app using non-interactive shellhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/Hello, I am using i3 for some time and I am happy. Today I have discovered one interesting thing - I have a script i3/autostart which I start using the following method: exec ~/.i3/autostart The script has /bin/sh shebang, because I do not want to load up my environment at this point. And my $SHELL variable is /bin/bash of course. Now there is one issue, because i3 tries to load using $SHELL or /bin/sh. I do have my shell set to bash (I use Bash as the main shell), but I want to autostart via /bin/sh (or bash --norc - that is the same thing). And I think I am unable to do it. I am thinking about a workaround, but can't find anything. The issue I have is I am not able to completely exit the environment, e.g. when I close my terminal and I want to start over with freshly modified .bashrc, I can't do it, because my new forked shell will inherit all the variables from this ueber-shell. Also when I do things like PATH=$PATH:/xyz/xyz it is added twice then. Do you know about any solution? Thanks.Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:43:29 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/Comment by lzap for Hello, I am using i3 for some time and I am happy. Today I have discovered one interesting thing - I have a script i3/autostart which I start using the following method: <pre><code>exec ~/.i3/autostart </code></pre> The script has /bin/sh shebang, because I do not want to load up my environment at this point. And my $SHELL variable is /bin/bash of course. Now there is one issue, because i3 tries to load using $SHELL or /bin/sh. I do have my shell set to bash (I use Bash as the main shell), but I want to autostart via /bin/sh (or bash --norc - that is the same thing). And I think I am unable to do it. I am thinking about a workaround, but can't find anything. The issue I have is I am not able to completely exit the environment, e.g. when I close my terminal and I want to start over with freshly modified .bashrc, I can't do it, because my new forked shell will inherit all the variables from this ueber-shell. Also when I do things like <pre><code>PATH=$PATH:/xyz/xyz </code></pre> it is added twice then. Do you know about any solution? Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?comment=1311#comment-1311I dont set it of course, I just mean it is set to /bin/bash (but I am not setting it).Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:32:48 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?comment=1311#comment-1311Comment by lzap for Hello, I am using i3 for some time and I am happy. Today I have discovered one interesting thing - I have a script i3/autostart which I start using the following method: <pre><code>exec ~/.i3/autostart </code></pre> The script has /bin/sh shebang, because I do not want to load up my environment at this point. And my $SHELL variable is /bin/bash of course. Now there is one issue, because i3 tries to load using $SHELL or /bin/sh. I do have my shell set to bash (I use Bash as the main shell), but I want to autostart via /bin/sh (or bash --norc - that is the same thing). And I think I am unable to do it. I am thinking about a workaround, but can't find anything. The issue I have is I am not able to completely exit the environment, e.g. when I close my terminal and I want to start over with freshly modified .bashrc, I can't do it, because my new forked shell will inherit all the variables from this ueber-shell. Also when I do things like <pre><code>PATH=$PATH:/xyz/xyz </code></pre> it is added twice then. Do you know about any solution? Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?comment=1332#comment-1332This is strange, something is not correct and I don't know what. I need to investigate if bash -c parameter reads my profile or not.Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:56:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?comment=1332#comment-1332Comment by Michael for Hello, I am using i3 for some time and I am happy. Today I have discovered one interesting thing - I have a script i3/autostart which I start using the following method: <pre><code>exec ~/.i3/autostart </code></pre> The script has /bin/sh shebang, because I do not want to load up my environment at this point. And my $SHELL variable is /bin/bash of course. Now there is one issue, because i3 tries to load using $SHELL or /bin/sh. I do have my shell set to bash (I use Bash as the main shell), but I want to autostart via /bin/sh (or bash --norc - that is the same thing). And I think I am unable to do it. I am thinking about a workaround, but can't find anything. The issue I have is I am not able to completely exit the environment, e.g. when I close my terminal and I want to start over with freshly modified .bashrc, I can't do it, because my new forked shell will inherit all the variables from this ueber-shell. Also when I do things like <pre><code>PATH=$PATH:/xyz/xyz </code></pre> it is added twice then. Do you know about any solution? Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?comment=1309#comment-1309Why do you set the SHELL environment variable to bash when all you need is an entry in /etc/passwd to make bash the login shell for your user account?Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:52:09 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?comment=1309#comment-1309Comment by Michael for Hello, I am using i3 for some time and I am happy. Today I have discovered one interesting thing - I have a script i3/autostart which I start using the following method: <pre><code>exec ~/.i3/autostart </code></pre> The script has /bin/sh shebang, because I do not want to load up my environment at this point. And my $SHELL variable is /bin/bash of course. Now there is one issue, because i3 tries to load using $SHELL or /bin/sh. I do have my shell set to bash (I use Bash as the main shell), but I want to autostart via /bin/sh (or bash --norc - that is the same thing). And I think I am unable to do it. I am thinking about a workaround, but can't find anything. The issue I have is I am not able to completely exit the environment, e.g. when I close my terminal and I want to start over with freshly modified .bashrc, I can't do it, because my new forked shell will inherit all the variables from this ueber-shell. Also when I do things like <pre><code>PATH=$PATH:/xyz/xyz </code></pre> it is added twice then. Do you know about any solution? Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?comment=1331#comment-1331Then set it to /bin/sh explicitly?Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:00:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?comment=1331#comment-1331Answer by lzap for Hello, I am using i3 for some time and I am happy. Today I have discovered one interesting thing - I have a script i3/autostart which I start using the following method: <pre><code>exec ~/.i3/autostart </code></pre> The script has /bin/sh shebang, because I do not want to load up my environment at this point. And my $SHELL variable is /bin/bash of course. Now there is one issue, because i3 tries to load using $SHELL or /bin/sh. I do have my shell set to bash (I use Bash as the main shell), but I want to autostart via /bin/sh (or bash --norc - that is the same thing). And I think I am unable to do it. I am thinking about a workaround, but can't find anything. The issue I have is I am not able to completely exit the environment, e.g. when I close my terminal and I want to start over with freshly modified .bashrc, I can't do it, because my new forked shell will inherit all the variables from this ueber-shell. Also when I do things like <pre><code>PATH=$PATH:/xyz/xyz </code></pre> it is added twice then. Do you know about any solution? Thanks. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?answer=1333#post-id-1333Ok I think I need to fix my bash profiles :-) http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-Startup-Files.html I had everything in my .bashrc file while I want to setup PATHs and that kind of stuff only in .bash_profile :-)Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:09:48 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1308/start-an-app-using-non-interactive-shell/?answer=1333#post-id-1333