.bash_profile alias doesn´t seem to work

Electronkz · 04-11-2004, 02:44 AM

Hi, i am learning to write simple scripts, just to know a little more

i am learning from this site http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linuxcommand.org/wss0020.html
i have a problem with writing an alias in .bash_profile at home directory
I write the alias like the site said: "at the end of the file add alias l='ls -l' "
And then i log out and nothing happened, i modify the alias in the file just in case something was wrong, and nothing happened, then i even reboot my PC, and nothing

So what happened???
I checked with the alias command at the command prompt and the alias i added wasn´t on the list.
Then I edit .bashrc the same way, i logged out, logged in again, and the alias worked fine,
My question is: Why editing the .bash_profile didn´t work??
Info: I use vim to edit files, and here is the output for .bash_profile at home directory:

Code:

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH
unset USERNAME
alias today='date +"%A, %B %-d, %Y"'

Oh and one more thing, why there is another .bash_profile in /etc/skel ??
Does it add the aliases for all the users??
Thanks,
Bye
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Tih8710 · 04-11-2004, 02:49 AM

well, I don't know about .bash_profile, but I use aliases in ".bashrc" and they work just fine.

Dmn, Should have read the thread before answering... In that script, .bash_profile, there's a few lines like:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

That checks weather .bashrc exists, and if does, loads that file. So either put aliases there, or in .bash_profile BEFORE the if - line...

Electronkz · 04-11-2004, 03:17 AM

OOOppppsssss!!!

I should have read in the site i mentioned a little more, at the bottom of the page it is explained!!

Sorry for this silly question,
And thanks for the reply anyway
Always

What a stupid i am

I guess it must be because in my country is very, very late, and i am very tired
Bye