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Old 11-25-2011, 06:39 AM   #1
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Lightbulb Where can I modify ls command to personalize with my preferred options?

Where can I find the file that I would modify in emacs, for instance, so that when I issue ls on terminal it invokes "ls -alphX" instead of just ls?

Thankyou in advance.
 
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On Ubuntu (by default), you can put custom aliases in a file called ~/.bash_aliases .

In your case, then, you would put:
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alias ls='ls -alphX'
The next time you login to a shell, the change should be active.

BTW, I don't actually recommend changing ls. You could call it something else, like lsa. So:
Code:
alias lsa='ls -alphX'
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Thankyou Mister, then should I do source bash after doing this to activate the changes?
 
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Smile solved
Thankyou Mister Williams, apparently it is already working as of writing the alias...
 
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Thankyou Mister, then should I do source bash after doing this to activate the changes?
~/.bashrc sources ~/.bash_aliases, so it would work to source either of those files -- eboth end up re-reading the aliases.
 
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It says I do not have permission even though I am already root
 
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It says I do not have permission even though I am already root
What is the command you are typing to get that message?
 
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~/.bashrc sources ~/.bash_aliases
 
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~/.bashrc sources ~/.bash_aliases
Oh okay. Yea, I meant that .bashrc includes .bash_aliases, so you can do one of:

Code:
source ~/.bash_aliases
or, alternatively,

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source ~/.bashrc
Sorry for the confusing language.
 
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