[SOLVED] Alias command not working

actinide · 03-03-2017, 07:52 AM

Hi I'm try to create an alias for firefox but the terminal won't
remember the command after I restart the terminal any Ideas
what going on.

Here is the command

alias f="firefox"

pan64 · 03-03-2017, 07:59 AM

so alias is working, but will be lost if you restart the terminal. That is normal, you need to save such kind of settings.
http://www.linfo.org/make_alias_permanent.html
http://askubuntu.com/questions/1414/...ermanent-alias
here is a better explanation:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...x-like-systems

actinide · 03-03-2017, 08:04 AM

Whats the point of that

Habitual · 03-03-2017, 08:27 AM

Code:

?=alias+firefox+terminal

actinide · 03-03-2017, 08:34 AM

command not found ?=alias+firefox+terminal

rtmistler · 03-03-2017, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

so alias is working, but will be lost if you restart the terminal. That is normal, you need to save such kind of settings.
http://www.linfo.org/make_alias_permanent.html
http://askubuntu.com/questions/1414/...ermanent-alias
here is a better explanation:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...x-like-systems

Quote:

Originally Posted by actinide

Whats the point of that

Hi actinide,

Can you clarify your question here?

If you're asking what the point of pan64's answer is, they are explaining that you have to permanently save your alias's and so they will still be there for all terminal sessions and across a reboot of your machine. And then they offered some links to help with how to save those settings.

pan64 · 03-03-2017, 08:37 AM

this is how it works by design.
you can either make temporary changes or make them permanent.

actinide · 03-03-2017, 08:44 AM

Thats perfect. I just thought when you create an alias it that was saved automatically by the system.

Habitual · 03-03-2017, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by actinide

command not found ?=alias+firefox+terminal

Did I say terminal command?
Search Engine format.

Nothing is gonna help, IMO if you don't learn to distinguish subtleties.

actinide · 03-03-2017, 10:17 AM

I'm lost

szboardstretcher · 03-03-2017, 10:22 AM

He was just saying that you could have searched google for this answer with this URL:

https://www.google.com/search?q=alias+firefox+terminal

In a google url "q=" signifies the search query. In this case "alias firefox terminal". If a person would have searched this, they would get a list of results that show them how to make an alias permanent.

rtmistler · 03-03-2017, 10:29 AM

Perhaps the suggestion to search might have been made more clearly.

actinide · 03-03-2017, 10:41 AM

I thought this would work but didn't https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_68Qle-iRI

szboardstretcher · 03-03-2017, 10:47 AM

Log into terminal
run this:

Code:

echo "alias f='firefox'" >> .bashrc

exit terminal
Log into terminal
type 'f'

Better explanation in your previous alias question: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...nd-4175586528/

actinide · 03-03-2017, 10:53 AM

Nice one szboardstretcher