| bash should read any or all of /etc/profile, ~/.bash_login, ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc in an interactive shell. Terminal shouldn't cause bash to behave any differently, i.e. if you you just have .bashrc, to get Terminal to use it, use the default login shell.
I just checked and renamed my .bash_profile to .bashrc and it reads .bashrc using the default shell in the Startup tab in Terminal. |