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Old 09-15-2009
Creating and Executing a script of aliases in AIX
hi, I am trying to create a script in AIX (5.3 I think), then run it. here's what I have:

[me@compy] /home/me $ vi first.aliases
...
alias cdblah='cd /blah'
alias cdho='cd /ho'
alias ssr='sudo su - random'
~
...end of first.aliases
[me@compy] /home/me $ ./first.aliases
[me@compy] /home/me $ ssr
ksh: ssr: not found.
[me@compy] /home/me $ alias ssr='sudo su - random'
[me@compy] /home/me $ ssr
[YOU HAVE NEW MAIL]
[random@compy] /home/random $[COLOR="#738fbf"]

---------- Post updated at 03:56 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:40 PM ----------

. ./first.aliases
is how I have to run the file in order for it to work, but when I switch users, the aliases don't stick.

any idea how to fix that? maybe make it run on start-up for all users? maybe put it in /.profile ?
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Old 09-15-2009
yup put them in .profile of all users...
# 3  
Old 09-16-2009
Where do I put them in .profile?

The only time I can get them to work is if I leave a quote off the last alias, but that makes my profile not boot properly.
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