Hi recently I have installed Debian wheezy on my laptop.

I have created a local account practice and after that I have login to the above account.

After that I have created a directory programs under that a directory called c.

In order to create alias to change the working directory I have added the following the alias to .bashrc file

I have logout and login.

Now when I issue the command c at terminal it is displaying message as /home/practice/programs/c is a directory and nothing else.

I have even delted the above alias from .bashrc file and added the same to .bash_aliases file even no use I am getting the same message.

Kindly suggest the solution.

Regards,
Rupesh.

you can 'practice" without logout|in using the c-line as shown.
You're missing the ~ unless you meant to cd to /practice and not /home/practice.

is just as good.

A very brief Google search for "how to set up a bash alias in linux" tells you lots:
http://www.hypexr.org/bash_tutorial.php#alias
http://www.stchman.com/alias.html

You need to have the command in single-quotes, not double, and have it in .bashrc. Did you try to look for any examples on how to do what you're after? And Habitual pointed out that unless the /practice/programs/c directory is from the root level, it won't find it, since you created it under your home directory.

Thanks the issue is solved.

Great...so how about posting what you did, so that others can benefit??? What was the solution? What worked for you???

I have made a mistake ie., I forgotten to place cd in alias statement and after placing cd in alias statement it is working.