RE: alias strange problem

["Mike Kuhar" <mikewk147@comcast.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: roberto [mailto:robcatanuto@yahoo.it] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:09 AM
> To: debian users
> Subject: alias strange problem 
> 
> 
> Hi all, today i got stuck into the following problem with my 
> ~/.bashrc which i attach here: 
> ==============================================================
> ====================================
> # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
> # see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the 
> package bash-doc) # for examples
> 
> # If running interactively, then:
> if [ "$PS1" ]; then
> 
>     # don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) 
> for more options
>     # export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
> 
>     # enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
>     if [ "$TERM" != "dumb" ]; then
>         eval `dircolors -b`
>         alias ls='ls --color=auto'
>         #alias dir='ls --color=auto --format=vertical'
>         #alias vdir='ls --color=auto --format=long'
>     fi
> 
> 
>     export EDITOR=vim
>     # some more ls aliases
>     alias ll ='ls -l'
>     alias la ='ls -A'
>     alias cpi ='cp -i' 
>     #alias l='ls -CF'
> 
>     # set a fancy prompt
>     PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
> 
> 
>     # If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
>     #case $TERM in
>     #xterm*)
>     #    PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne 
> "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'
>     #    ;;
>     #*)
>     #    ;;
>     #esac
> 
>     # enable programmable completion features (you don't need 
> to enable
>     # this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc).
>     #if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
>     #  . /etc/bash_completion
>     #fi
> fi 
> ==============================================================
> ====================================
> 
> well, today when i tried to open a new bash shell i received 
> the following:
> bash: alias: ll: not found
> bash: alias: =ls -l: not found
> 
> while on the other already opened bashes i can use ll command 
> correctly; actually i have changed the ~/.bashrc once last 
> week to introduce a new alias for cp, as u can see above; 
> probably the problem is linked with this?
> 
> thank you very much!
>

I think you'll find that your problem is the space between the alias
name and it's equates.  For example, the first alias:

     alias ll ='ls -l'
 
Should be:

     alias ll='ls -l'

Notice the removal of the space between 'll' and '='.
-mk