Tamir Halperin wrote:
Questions:
what happens is you try something like this?
1) My aliases don't work. Why?
your quotes are in the wrong place. try: alias seti = 'cat /var/db/setiathome/state.sah | grep prog' do these work for you? [/usr/ports/java/jdk13]:: bash --version bash --version GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-portbld-freebsd4.6) [/usr/ports/java/jdk13]:: cat >> /home/paul/.profile alias TEST='echo this is a test.' [/usr/ports/java/jdk13]:: . /home/paul/.profile [/usr/ports/java/jdk13]:: TEST this is a test.
2) When I make a change, let's say to the aliases, I don't know of any other way for it to take immediate affect unless I log out and log back in again. Is there a command approach to this?
. ~/.profile will reread/reload it.
you could look for some bash dotfiles. the ORA book is a good reference.
3) Is there a good tutorial about environment settings and other issues such as the ones I'm struggling with?
see also: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=bash+tutorial&btnG=Google+Search
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