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# 1  
Old 03-20-2009
Alias not working

Hello, I am trying to set an alias in my .kshrc or .profile and when I do it is not setting. If I do it manually it works fine. Is there another file I should put this in? Here is the alias I am using.

alias ll='ls -ltr'

I am using solaris 9. When I type alias it does not show these unless I manually define it. Thank you.

~David
# 2  
Old 03-20-2009
How did you test? deconnecting yourself and coming back?
Did you . ./.kshrc then test?
# 3  
Old 03-20-2009
I modified the .profile and .kshrc and then logged out and back in.

~David
# 4  
Old 03-21-2009
type "aliases"
# 5  
Old 03-23-2009
OK
If still not working, can you source .profile: . ./.profile and see if it works...
(connect using ssh?)
# 6  
Old 03-23-2009
You are using ksh as your shell, right?

The syntax for aliases in .profile when using ksh is:
Code:
 alias 'll=ls -ltr'

Try this:
cd to your home directory, then:
Code:
# echo "alias 'll=ls -ltr'" >> .profile
# . ./.profile
# ll

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