UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All,
I am setting bash as my working shell in my .profile file.
So I have written a line :
bash
as the list line in my .profile
I want to use alias as follows:
alias me='who am i'
When i log in, as expeced I enter the bash shell but alias doesn't work.
Is it because the alias is defined for other shell than bash??

thanks
ven

Exactly. You define the alias and then start a child process into bash - until you exit out of the child process, none of your alias would work UNLESS you put them in the 'profile' that bash may use BUT that may also give you an endless loop of going into new shells (it matters what your original shell is). Suggest you change your original shell in your account instead.