'source .bash_profile' fails but 'source path/to/.bash_profile' works

Question

I am trying to source my .bashrc file on remote host inside sudo-less user. I am getting following responses.

sh-4.2$ source .bash_profile sh-4.2$ source: .bash_profile: file not found sh-4.2$ source ~/.bash_profile [user@hera ~]$ 

Why is this behavior?

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contents of .bash_profile

contents of .bashrc

# .bashrc # Source global definitions if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc fi # Uncomment the following line if you don't like systemctl's auto-paging feature: # export SYSTEMD_PAGER= # User specific aliases and functions # added by Anaconda3 4.1.1 installer export PATH="/home/tensorflow/anaconda3/bin:$PATH" 

Answer 1

You are using bash in POSIX mode.

From man bash under source filename [arguments]

If filename does not contain a slash, file names in PATH are used to find the directory containing filename... When bash is not in posix mode, the current directory is searched if no file is found in PATH.

Bash is running in posix mode because you have started it as sh rather than bash (thus the command prompt being sh-4.2). You will need to change your shell to /bin/bash in order to use "bash-isms" like this.

Answer 2

you can see what is the path with pwd command - i bet that your .bashrc is not in the current working directory