Alias will not stay

crimsontide · 09-23-2005, 03:06 PM

here

I have an alias that I like but I have to put it in each time I log into the system? How can I make it a more permenent.?

alias ll="ls -l --color"

Thanks!

mrcheeks · 09-23-2005, 03:13 PM

put it in your .bash_profile if you are using bash(the default shell)

crimsontide · 09-23-2005, 03:39 PM

Worked great!

Thanks!

How would I accomplish this for root? Or more directly where is the .bash_profile for root stored?...

makuyl · 09-23-2005, 04:05 PM

For all users you can use /etc/profile
# grep alias /etc/profile
alias ..="cd .."
alias which="type -path"
alias where="type -all"
alias ll="ls -l --color=auto"
alias l="ls -a --color=auto"
alias rm="rm -i"
alias mv="mv -i"
alias cp="cp -i"
alias la="ls -la --color=auto"
alias ls="ls --color=auto"
alias cod="COLUMNS=150 dpkg -l|grep"

HappyTux · 09-23-2005, 10:54 PM

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Originally posted by crimsontide
Worked great!

Thanks!

How would I accomplish this for root? Or more directly where is the .bash_profile for root stored?...

Uncomment the line for it in the /root/.bashrc you may want to do the same for the /user_name/.bashrc as well and remove yours for the /user_name/.bash_profile.