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Old 09-04-2003, 06:41 PM   #1
ffang
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Angry very newbie alias question


I created an .alias file, only put one simple line in it:

alias test1 cd $HOME/develop/test1

I got twice of the errors:
> 'test1' not found
> 'cd $HOME/develop/test1' not found

It should be a very simple thing. I typed the this line in a shell, the same error. But if I type 'cd $HOME/develop/test1', it is fine.

What is wrong with my alias?

Thank,
Fang
 
Old 09-04-2003, 06:45 PM   #2
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Put it in the file
.bashrc
 
Old 09-04-2003, 06:56 PM   #3
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The same thing.
 
Old 09-04-2003, 06:59 PM   #4
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Sorry, try
alias test1='cd $HOME/develop/test1'
 
Old 09-04-2003, 07:46 PM   #5
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Yeeees, it works this time!
I don't understand, alias is very old tool. Seems it changed now.

Thank you so much!

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