How to make custom alias in ~.bash_profile work on F10 86_64

[Néstor]

You do not have to logout.  You just got to 'source ~/.bash_profile' to make
it work.

I am not using export after my aliases and it works.

:-)

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson <
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:

> Yunus wrote:
> > Hi Users of Fedora
> >
> > I added below line to last line fo my ~.bash_profile
> >    alias l='ls -la'
> > I logout and login again then try issuing:
> >    $ l
> > on command prompt but had no effect. Is there other way to make my
> > custom alias (put in ~.bash_profile) work?
> >
> > It has no problem if I make an alias in gnome-terminal :
> >    $ alias l='ls -la'
> >    $ l
> > Issuing 'l' command on command prompt will produce the desired result.
> >
> > Thank you
> > yunus
> >
> If I remember correctly, you also need to export the alias. See if
> adding "export l" to .bash_profile helps.
>
> Mikkel
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