[SOLVED] Alias command

Habitual · 08-08-2016, 12:52 PM

Good catch grail.

actinide · 08-08-2016, 12:58 PM

Sorry don't know how to edit the ~/.bashrc.

All I did was copy and paste ~/.bashrc. into gedit and thats it.

There was no mistake concerning alias command. Examples came from watching a tutorial.
Ubuntu Linux. I used gedit

grail · 08-08-2016, 01:20 PM

Quote:

There was no mistake concerning alias command.

If the above statement is true, then everything you wrote in post #9 never happened. Here is the information from post #9 just to clarify:

Code:

alias mmc ='macchanger-gtk'

output bash: No command 'mmc' found, did you mean:

No command 'mmc' found, did you mean:
Command 'mc' from package 'mc' (universe)
Command 'mzc' from package 'racket' (universe)
Command 'qmc' from package 'qmc' (universe)
Command 'mic' from package 'mic2' (universe)
Command 'moc' from package 'qtchooser' (main)
Command 'mm' from package 'multimail' (universe)
Command 'mpc' from package 'mpc' (universe)
Command 'mmv' from package 'mmv' (universe)
Command 'mmg' from package 'mkvtoolnix-gui' (universe)
Command 'imc' from package 'italc-management-console' (universe)
Command 'zmc' from package 'zoneminder' (universe)
Command 'mmd' from package 'mtools' (main)
Command 'wmc' from package 'wine1.6' (universe)
Command 'smc' from package 'smc' (universe)
mmc: command not found

ALL the information in red indicates you typed the alias in incorrectly.

So if the above did not happen, again, please supply what steps you have followed?

As for gedit, ~/.bashrc is a shortened version of /home/<username>/.bashrc .... this is the path you need to follow

actinide · 08-08-2016, 01:24 PM

Ok.

Step 1 - Typed alias mmc='macchanger-gtk'

step 2 - ouput nothing

step 3 - started terminal typed mmc output
No command 'mmc' found, did you mean:
Command 'mm' from package 'multimail' (universe)
Command 'zmc' from package 'zoneminder' (universe)
Command 'mmd' from package 'mtools' (main)
Command 'mmg' from package 'mkvtoolnix-gui' (universe)
Command 'mmv' from package 'mmv' (universe)
Command 'imc' from package 'italc-management-console' (universe)
Command 'qmc' from package 'qmc' (universe)
Command 'mpc' from package 'mpc' (universe)
Command 'moc' from package 'qtchooser' (main)
Command 'mc' from package 'mc' (universe)
Command 'mic' from package 'mic2' (universe)
Command 'wmc' from package 'wine1.6' (universe)
Command 'smc' from package 'smc' (universe)
Command 'mzc' from package 'racket' (universe)
mmc: command not found

grail · 08-08-2016, 02:10 PM

You need to run the command from the same terminal as you created the alias. Like with previous explanation of not working for another user, when the alias command is run at the command line it is only effective on that terminal (this is why others have been advising you to update .bashrc file to make it permanently available to all your environments).

So the first step is to confirm it works as desired in your current terminal. Once you can run it at will and are happy with outcome, you will need to edit the .bashrc file found in your home directory.
By the way, this also assumes you are running under a bash shell and not dash (you can check with echo $SHELL for result)

actinide · 08-08-2016, 02:33 PM

Where abouts is the .bashrc file in the Home Directory.

lazydog · 08-08-2016, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grail

Once you have edited the file you need a new login to test if it has worked and generally you can simply open a new terminal to test that.

Or run the following:

Code:

source ~/.bashrc

actinide · 08-08-2016, 02:39 PM

Ok found the .bashrc file in /etc/bash.bashrc is this right.

lazydog · 08-08-2016, 02:45 PM

They are asking you to modify your .bashrc in your home directory. The '.' means it is hidden from normal view. If you want to see it then use:

Code:

ls -al

By using your favorite editor you can edit it. Try

Code:

cd ~
nano -w .bashrc

actinide · 08-08-2016, 02:48 PM

Done that now waht

273 · 08-08-2016, 02:55 PM

If you are using this under Ubuntu why not just use the menu command? I assume that you can select macchanger-gtk from the menu? I ask because I think you'll likely use something like gtksu to run a GUI command as root and if macchanger-gtk does what it seems to say it does then you will need to run it with root permissions.
So, why are you trying to run macchanger-gtk from a terminal?

actinide · 08-08-2016, 02:57 PM

The GUI doesn't show up, I have to type macchanger-gtk into the terminal then a box appears asking for
permission then type password.

273 · 08-08-2016, 03:02 PM

If you can work out how to add something to the Ubuntu menu system you might want to add "gksu macchanger-gtk" so that you're asked for a password in the GUI.
Otherwise see above for answers to the alias issues. The main one I see being that you need to run the application as root.

actinide · 08-08-2016, 03:06 PM

If macchanger-gtk can be added to the mint menu it sounds alot easier than the the terminal.
How can be done.

273 · 08-08-2016, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by actinide

If macchanger-gtk can be added to the mint menu it sounds alot easier than the the terminal.
How can be done.

Right-click the menu and select "Edit Menu" then add an entry for "gksu macchanger-gtk", perhaps? Sorry, I'm not running either of the common Mint DEs to confirm that it will work just like that but it ought to be similar.
Mint really ought to add it to the menu like that with an "as root" comment or something but it seems that Debian doesn't so, perhaps, they want you to think about things before you use it regularly (there's an automatic option when you install though, that I notice).
It's probably worth just typing sudo macchanger-gtk looking at what this does.