When you print something from within your .bashrc file you will run into trouble when copying something onto your machine using scp for example.

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This is because the output from your .bashrc interferes with scp. The solution is to decide whether the bash shell is started interactively (you start a terminal on your screen) or not (scp).

if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then
  # This happens in interactive shells only and does not interfere with scp.
  echo "Learn!"
fi