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 * [[bash/invocation/option|Invocation Options]]
 * [[bash/builtin/set|Set Options]]
 * [[bash/builtin/shopt|Shopt Options]]

==== Invocation Option --rcfile ====
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[[bash/invocation/option/rcfile|--rcfile]] FILE `|` [[bash/invocation/option/init_file|--init-file]] FILE
 * Execute commands from file instead of the standard personal initialization file ~/.bashrc if the shell is interactive (see INVOCATION below).
 * An argument of --init-file is equivalent to --rcfile.
 * These options must appear on the command line before the single-character options to be recognized.