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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how can I export an alias and use it in any shell that I want to switch to like bash, ksh Post 302506123 by kchinnam on Friday 18th of March 2011 02:22:24 PM
Old 03-18-2011
how can I export an alias and use it in any shell that I want to switch to like bash, ksh

None of the aliases that I set are available if I switch to a different shell.

How can I export aliases and make them available in any shell that I switch to like ksh or bash ?

I tried these

Code:
 
$>alias godata='cd /home/kc/app/data'
$>alias -x godata='cd /home/kc/app/data'
$>alias | grep godata  # its available in current-shell
godata='cd /home/kc/app/data'
 
$>ksh                  # Here I am switching to a new ksh shell
 
$>alias | grep godata  # How can I export aliases so that I can access them here.
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