Location of .bashrc for "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" in Windows 10

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Microsoft just introduced a Linux subsystem in its Windows 10 Anniversary Edition. The installation is pretty straight forward, but I could not locate bash files on Windows.

How does it work? What does ~ refer to in Windows? Where to find .bashrc?

Answer

ncw picture ncw · Mar 9, 2018

Since the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the location changed to:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\{DIST}\LocalState\rootfs\home\{LINUXUSER}\

Where:

  • {DIST} is equal to CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc
  • {LINUXUSER} is the user for which you are looking for the .bashrc file

Just for anyone wondering that came here from Google.

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