Hi,

Suppose i create an alias as follows...

#alias test="ls -l"


now i want to know wher exactly the command 'test' will be stored??
I want to know the path where it is stored
hope u can help me out


Thank you,

regards,

George

There isn't actually a command called 'test' created. alias just tells bash that if it see's 'test' it should run the 'ls' command with the '-l' flag.

Hi,

May I know which configuration file should I add my alias to?

Thanks.

hi there,

this depends on your shell.
supposing bash, add the lines to
regards

slackie1000

Hi,

I added the alias to /root/.bashrc, but it just didn't seem to work. Anything wrong with that?

Thanks.

hi there,

are you running as root???
you need to restart the shell session to get effects
regards
slackie1000

Hi,

I logged on as root. I tried to run bash after adding alias in /root/.bashrc, but still it didn't work. How to solve this?

Thanks.

Hi ,
Can u plz tell me what file should be edited in knoppix for alias.

I already know how to use alias command.But I was unaware of the fact that there's a file to be config'ed to have it permanently.

For information purpose only I wanna know it. I dont worry abt typing linux commands.

(alias if used always will let you down when u work in a public computer where the linux may not be config'ed as in ur pc)

I have been used to linux commands without , knowing this.thats a different issue.

hi there,

let's not hijack threads please...
ok. i will give a solution but i have no responsabilities. if your computer explodes, it is your problem.
setting config file for shells can be a pain. there is this issue, which file is read first, which has the prio and if you use a login shell or not.
the manual gives you some tips. i use a quick and dirty method that works quite nice for me.
here it goes:
1. be sure that the user that you want to set has bash as default shell. you can check it using "finger" and/or change it editing /etc/passwd
2. create/copy the default file "/etc/profile" to your user home naming it as ".bashrc"
3. create symlink as follows
close your shell and restart again.
this is not the correct method. it just works.

regards

slackie1000