OK, well, maybe there's a flaw in how I'm testing this:
I edit ~/.bashrc which before I edit it looks like this: # .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
So I add the line
alias clr='clear'
to the end
And then exit out of the konsole I'm in. Start up a new Konsole in KDE or
flip to a new VT, log in and type clr.
Never heard of it, says the shell. (sigh). This has got to be absurdly
easy, but I'm just missing something. (oh, and btw, yes, I edit all the
files in the /etc dir as root. And if the modification I use doesn't
work, I remove it and find a new file to mess with...)
Later,
david
"Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> >
> > I have edited ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, /etc/bashrc, /etc/profile, and I
> > think some others, all to no avail. Do I just need to use a different
> > shell, or create a config file or what? I know I used to have this set
> > up, I don't remember how in other dists...
> >
> Here's my ~/.bashrc, and everything there works fine:
> ========================
>
> # .bashrc
>
> # User specific aliases and functions
> alias rm='rm -i'
> alias mv='mv -i'
> alias cp='cp -i'
> alias clr='clear'
> alias cls='clear'
> alias ls='ls --color'
> alias sx='startx -- -bpp 16'
> alias v='ls --color'
> alias bye='logout'
>
> export EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe
>
> # Need for a xterm & co if we don't make a -ls
> [ -n $DISPLAY ] && {
> . /etc/profile.d/alias.sh
> }
>
> # Read first /etc/inputrc if the variable is not defined, and after the /etc/inputrc
> # include the ~/.inputrc
>
> [ -z $INPUTRC ] && export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
>
> # Source global definitions
>
> if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
> . /etc/bashrc
> fi
>
> ========================
> Ok...here's the $64,000 question: HOW did you enter the "test
> aliases"? Were you "root" when you made the changes? If not, chances
> are it won't work (except for the personal ~/.bashrc and
> ~/.bash_profile) Also, did you enter the alias defs EXACTLY as
> follows:
> alias command='some_other_command'
> ??? Please note the SINGLE quotes around "some_other_command." above.
> John
>
