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Re: Aliases



> 
> Hi
> I have add several aliases to my .bashrc file ,but the file would not
> be  consulted while starting up.
> What I am doing wrong

You need to put them in your .bash_profile file, and you need to make
sure you are running a `login shell'.  To get a login shell in an xterm,
you need to specify the `-ls' option, otherwise your .bash_profile won't
be parsed.

HTH,
Eric

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