Fix bash configuration to use .bashrc for WSL duplicate tab feature

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The tutorial instructed users to add PROMPT_COMMAND to .bash_profile, which only loads for login shells. Windows Terminal opens new tabs/panes as non-login shells, causing the duplicate-tab-in-same-directory feature to fail.

Changes

• Changed bash section to use .bashrc instead of .bash_profile
• Added note explaining login vs non-login shell behavior
• Fixed spacing in PROMPT_COMMAND assignment (removed extraneous space before semicolon)
• Aligned with MINGW section which already correctly used .bashrc

Before:

# In .bash_profile (not loaded for new tabs/panes)
PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+"$PROMPT_COMMAND ; "}'printf "\e]9;9;%s\e\\" "$(wslpath -w "$PWD")"'

After:

# In .bashrc (loaded for new tabs/panes)
PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+"$PROMPT_COMMAND; "}'printf "\e]9;9;%s\e\\" "$(wslpath -w "$PWD")"'

Original prompt

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<issue_title>Opening a tab or pane in the same directory in Windows Terminal</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Type of issue

Code doesn't work

Feedback

The tutorial here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tutorials/new-tab-same-directory specifically for the WSL bash setup doesn't allow you to duplicate the terminal window in the CWD. I've tried a few things. Adding this to the .bash_profile PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+"$PROMPT_COMMAND; "}'printf "\e]9;9;%s\e\\" "$(wslpath -w "$PWD")"'

The only thing I get is a colorless prompt which is not in the directory being duplicated. If I add this to the bottom of my .bash_rc I get no change to the behavior of bash. Any updates or changes would be greatly appreciated!

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tutorials/new-tab-same-directory

Content source URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/terminal/blob/main/TerminalDocs/tutorials/new-tab-same-directory.md

Author

@zadjii-msft

Document Id

439baddf-3ec9-a46e-1b6e-3ec47cbd1d4c</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Opening a tab or pane in the same directory in Windows Terminal #798

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