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# 1  
Old 01-30-2010
Alias in solaris
Hi,
i need to create a alias in my solaris 10 , i have edited ~/.profile and added like
Code:
alias c='clear'

and exit the terminal and open again and checked to see working or not but it's still not working
# 2  
Old 01-30-2010
What type of shell are you running (echo $SHELL). If it's ksh, then what you've done should work unless there's a syntax error earlier in the .profile causing it to fail. If you're running bash, trying making the same change in your .bashrc file

HTH

---------- Post updated at 07:20 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:17 PM ----------

Just re-read your post...your .profile is only processed when you login, so if you're opening a new terminal on a logged in work station, any changes you've made won't have any effect. Logout and login again.
# 3  
Old 02-01-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by JerryHone
What type of shell are you running (echo $SHELL). If it's ksh, then what you've done should work unless there's a syntax error earlier in the .profile causing it to fail. If you're running bash, trying making the same change in your .bashrc file

HTH

---------- Post updated at 07:20 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:17 PM ----------

Just re-read your post...your .profile is only processed when you login, so if you're opening a new terminal on a logged in work station, any changes you've made won't have any effect. Logout and login again.
Code:
bash-3.00$ vi ~/.
./                 .gconfd/           .icons/            .sunw/
../                .gnome/            .iiim/             .themes/
.bash_history      .gnome2/           .metacity/         .thumbnails/
.dt/               .gnome2_private/   .mozilla/          .Trash/
.dtprofile         .gstreamer-0.8/    .nautilus/         .Xauthority
.esd_auth          .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2  .profile
.gconf/            .ICEauthority      .recently-used

i don't see any bashrc in my home dir

---------- Post updated 02-01-10 at 02:07 PM ---------- Previous update was 01-31-10 at 09:42 PM ----------

need some help guys it's urgent
Last edited by pludi; 01-31-2010 at 01:01 PM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 4  
Old 02-01-2010
How exactly can an alias for clear be important & urgent enough to validate a violation of Rule 4
Quote:
(4) Do not 'bump up' questions if they are not answered promptly. No duplicate or cross-posting and do not report a post or send a private message where your goal is to get an answer more quickly.
As for your question: if you don't have it, create it. .bashrc is a simple bash script, the only difference to a regular script is that it's read for every new interactive shell. A minimal would look like this:
Code:
if [ -r ~/.aliases ]
then
    . ~/.aliases
fi

which would read your alias from the ~/.aliases file (as soon as you put it there).
# 5  
Old 02-01-2010
echo "alias ll='ls -la'" >> /etc/profile
# 6  
Old 02-01-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
How exactly can an alias for clear be important & urgent enough to validate a violation of Rule 4
My bad Will never do that again

---------- Post updated at 10:59 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:41 PM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
if you don't have it, create it. .bashrc is a simple bash script, the only difference to a regular script is that it's read for every new interactive shell. A minimal would look like this:
Code:
if [ -r ~/.aliases ]
then
    . ~/.aliases
fi

which would read your alias from the ~/.aliases file (as soon as you put it there).
I've created the .bashrc file inside the file i've placed you're code and i've created another file ~/.aliases and have the following line
Code:
c='clear'
ls='ls -ltr'

i've logged out and looged in but still not working
# 7  
Old 02-01-2010
The .aliased file will be sourced, so it has to be a valid shell script. That means you can't skip on declaring an alias explicitly as such.
 
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