You do not have to logout. You just got to 'source ~/.bash_profile' to make it work.
I am not using export after my aliases and it works. :-) On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yunus wrote: > > Hi Users of Fedora > > > > I added below line to last line fo my ~.bash_profile > > alias l='ls -la' > > I logout and login again then try issuing: > > $ l > > on command prompt but had no effect. Is there other way to make my > > custom alias (put in ~.bash_profile) work? > > > > It has no problem if I make an alias in gnome-terminal : > > $ alias l='ls -la' > > $ l > > Issuing 'l' command on command prompt will produce the desired result. > > > > Thank you > > yunus > > > If I remember correctly, you also need to export the alias. See if > adding "export l" to .bash_profile helps. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >
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