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Old 08-27-2002
Question Shell Problem.

Hello and Good day to all.
Im having a problem here and would like to know if there is any solution that could overcome my problem.

I have changed from bash to csh (c-shell) yesterday on my Linux 7.2. When i do $echo $SHELL i can see the output /bin/csh which means ihave succesfully landed on c-shell. my question is when i do ls -a i cant see any .cshrc or .logout or .login files in my Home directory. Any idea.

Another problem is the ll comand doesnt work in csh the only command works is ls -l or ls -a Any idea how to get the ll command work ? ll - long listing ?

Thank you for your responsd.
Appreciate it,

John.
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# 2  
Old 08-27-2002
hey John!

I can answer your first question but not the second one.
Actually you have to use following command to see all files startign with .(dot).
ls -al

after giving this command you can see the files start with dot(.)

-al swith tell shell to list(l) all files starting with including those files starting with .(a).

default is all files excluding .(dot) files.

Hope this will work.

Abid Malik
# 3  
Old 08-27-2002
Tomato,

If i remember right a ls -l will give you the long listing in C shell. Also you could make an alias -->

% alias ll ls -l
% alias bye exit
% alias
ll ls -l
bye exit
% alias bye
exit

Please correct me if Im wrong!!!
# 4  
Old 08-28-2002
Alias is dead on.....it's the only way that ll wil produce the long listing. It's best added to your profile for the shell....(.kshrc).
# 5  
Old 08-28-2002
Well, by "Linux 7.2", I assume you mean Redhat 7.2...

Redhat installs several aliases with bash by default. One of them is ll. Some others include:
l.
which,
and actually, the "ls" command itself.
(It's aliased to "ls --color=tty" to give you the perty colors).

As far as the dot files, I don't believe Redhat ever installs them in /etc/skel, which is where the "master" copies lie, and are copied over when a new user is created. Looks like you'll have to make your own...


BTW - why csh?
 
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