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Old 02-05-2004, 01:37 PM   #1
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adding shortcuts for command line


Hi

I'm trying to set a couple of shortcuts for command line, for example, when I type "ls", I want it to "ls -lh" .

I have done this before and I'm sure that it was done by adding an alias in ~/.bashrc or something, but I can't remember at all.

Can anyone refresh my memory?

I'm running Suse 8.2

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Old 02-05-2004, 01:39 PM   #2
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Re: adding shortcuts for command line

yes, it's in ~/.bashrc. ex:

alias ls='ls -lh'
 
Old 02-05-2004, 01:41 PM   #3
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In your ~/.bashrc you can add:

alias lsl='ls -lh --color=tty'

Then:

source .bashrc

This will make it work immediatly. It will only work for that user.

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Old 02-05-2004, 01:46 PM   #4
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Thanks so much guys, it is now sorted.

Much appreciated.
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Old 02-05-2004, 07:41 PM   #5
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If you want all users to have this, then you put it in /etc/bashrc rather than each users ~/.bashrc
 
Old 02-05-2004, 07:45 PM   #6
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Quote:
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If you want all users to have this, then you put it in /etc/bashrc rather than each users ~/.bashrc
is that a hidden file, too? i don't have an /etc/bashrc -- my "global" bashrc settings are in /etc/profile, but maybe that's a slack thing?
 
Old 02-05-2004, 07:58 PM   #7
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Possibly - I haven't got Slack installed on VMW anymore so I can't verify that, sorry. But no, it shouldn't be a hidden file in /etc
 
  


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