Linux – running .bashrc versus new login

bashrclinux

I added new alias into .bashrc

Running .bashrc doesn't create that alias but new log in yes.

Could you somebody explain why is that so and how I can test if the new .bashrc works without doing test log in?

"exec bash" should do it. Basically just restarts the bash shell, reading .bashrc in the process.

I don't have TextMate, but using your example with emacs works as expected. Possibly a problem with TextMate? Could you try another editor?

Try forcing bash to use interactive mode:

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

This happens because:

See Invocation in man bash.