Re: Strange Problem with 'alias'
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 2:01 PM, S. P. Molnar <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of alias's defined.
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> For example alias l='ls -l --color'
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> When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are active. That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc. So far, so good alias works - in that terminal! If I open a tab in the same terminal the alias's are gone!!!
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> I keep the system up to date.
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> Is this fatal? NO Very annoying? YES
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> I don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on.
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> A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS, will be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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There is a difference between login shell and interactive shell.
Put your aliases into .bash_ptofile
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