Re: Aliases

[shaulk@netvision.net.il (shaul)]

> > 
> > Hi
> > I have add several aliases to my .bashrc file ,but the file would not
> > be  consulted while starting up.
> > What I am doing wrong
> 
> You need to put them in your .bash_profile file, and you need to make
> sure you are running a `login shell'.  To get a login shell in an xterm,
> you need to specify the `-ls' option, otherwise your .bash_profile won't
> be parsed.
> 

There are other similar ways as well. For example, have your aliases in 
.bashrc
but source by .bash_profile.

[06:27:02 shaul]$ cat .bash_profile 
# ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]
then
  case $- in
    *i*) source ~/.bashrc
  esac
fi

[06:33:15 shaul]$