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# 8  
Old 09-17-2009
Make this entry in your login script.
Code:
alias cls="clear"

log in script differs shell to shell. For example bash the log in script .bashrc and for ksh the log in script is .profile. So please verify what is your log in script and set the alias there.
# 9  
Old 09-17-2009
ok. I put that line in .profile, because I'm using ksh, I log out and log back in, but I get this:

ksh:cls: not found

Is there a specific place in .profile I need to put it?
# 10  
Old 09-17-2009
Please post the output from "alias" with no parameters after logging in. Maybe you have aliased "alias" itself.
# 11  
Old 09-17-2009
The only thing having to do with alias is

hash='alias -t -'

and none of my aliases show up.
# 12  
Old 09-17-2009
Clutching at straws: Can you post the output from this command which is to confirm exactly what is in the .profile file:

Code:
sed -n l .profile

# 13  
Old 09-17-2009
$
$
PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:$HOME/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr\
/local/bin$
TMOUT=3600$
TIMEOUT=3600$
$
export PATH TMOUT TIMEOUT$
$
$
if [ -s "$MAIL" ] # This is at Shell startup. In normal$
then echo "$MAILMSG" # operation, the Shell checks$
fi # periodically.$
# If termdef command returns terminal type (i.e. a non NULL value),$
# set TERM to the returned value, else set TERM to default lft.$
TERM_DEFAULT=lft$
TERM=`termdef`$
TERM=${TERM:-$TERM_DEFAULT}$
MYHOST="`/usr/bin/hostname`"$
PS1='[$USER@$MYHOST] $PWD # '$
export TERM MYHOST PS1$
[ -x /usr/bin/ksh ] && exec ksh -o vi$

# aliases
alias cls='clear'$
. ./first.aliases$
# 14  
Old 09-17-2009
No funny characters in the file. However nothing will more happen in .profile after the "exec" line because it starts a new shell.

Quote:
[ -x /usr/bin/ksh ] && exec ksh -o vi
The aliases you see came from ksh itself.


I can't see a simple way of setting more aliases in this context while retaining the "-o vi" option. The "-tx" switch to alias looks promising. No time to try it now.

Perhaps another poster in another timezone can help.
 
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