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Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Ubuntu/WSL
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Originally Posted by vikas027
files local.cshrc, local.login, local.profile and .profile get copied to my home directory (i.e. /export/home/vikas) from /etc/skel/
The local.xxx files are templates. They are not used unless renamed to what the user's shell expects.
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Which file I have to change to make command aliases and what is the format ?
for e.g. making alias of ls as ls -lrt.
Like in Linux, we have to change .bash_profile as
Code:
ls='ls -lrt'; export ls
to have this effect.
As already stated by Disillusionist, aliases are created with the alias command regardless of the OS.
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Also, suppose I need that each time a user logs in a script say /tmp/vikas.sh executes. How to achieve this ?
You can add something like this in .profile
Code:
if [ -f /tmp/vikas.sh ]
then
. /tmp/vikas.sh
fi
Note that using /tmp isn't a good idea, this directory being wiped out when the machine is powered off. Moreover, anyone being able to create a file there, that would be a terrible security weakness on a multiuser machine.
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