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rga
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 Posted: Wed 31 Aug 2011, 15:49 Post subject:
 How do I define "persistent" bash aliases? (Solved) |
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Hi everyone,
I have a problem with defining bash aliases.
I have tried putting them in ~/.bash_aliases as I do in Ubuntu, and I have also tried to put them in ~/.bashrc but i can't get them to work.
I'm using Lucid 5.2.8
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fratermus
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| Posted: Thu 01 Sep 2011, 02:05 Post subject:
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| rga wrote: | Hi everyone,
I have tried putting them in ~/.bash_aliases as I do in Ubuntu, and I have also tried to put them in ~/.bashrc but i can't get them to work.
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.bashrc should work, but you'd have to start a new term (or source the dotfile) to see it in the current session.
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rga
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| Posted: Sat 03 Sep 2011, 12:16 Post subject:
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| fratermus wrote: | | rga wrote: | Hi everyone,
I have tried putting them in ~/.bash_aliases as I do in Ubuntu, and I have also tried to put them in ~/.bashrc but i can't get them to work.
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.bashrc should work, but you'd have to start a new term (or source the dotfile) to see it in the current session. |
Thank you!
Starting a new terminal or running the file from the terminal didn't work (or maybe I did something wrong).
But after a reboot the aliases defined in .bashrc were loaded when i opened the terminal 
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fratermus
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| Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2011, 09:46 Post subject:
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| rga wrote: | Starting a new terminal or running the file from the terminal didn't work (or maybe I did something wrong).
But after a reboot the aliases defined in .bashrc were loaded when i opened the terminal |
Running a script (like .bashrc) by name like that really means "load a child shell, run this script in that child shell, then close that shell and fall back to the current/parent shell". In this manner changes made in the child die with it and are not available to the parent unless you go out of your way to preserve them.
". .bashrc" would keep the aliases as long as you were in that terminal session. The first dot means "source the following file", basically as if you typed it on the (current) shell. It does not invoke a child shell.
I hope I have not made matters worse.
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