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Created March 27, 2011 18:27
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Reload your bash profile in all open bash instances
# put this in your bash profile (change the line below if you use .bash_profile)
# refresh profile on USR1 signal
trap 'eval $(PATH= /usr/libexec/path_helper -s) && source ~/.profile' USR1
# send USR1 signal to all bash instances
reload() {
ps -xo pid,command | grep ' \-bash' | awk '{print $1}' | while read pid; do
kill -USR1 $pid
done
}
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