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Xiaojian
Xiaojian

Reputation: 169

Appending bash alias to .bashrc doesn't work

I want to create a alias of my cd command. I have created the .bashrc file and append the command cd ...... to it. (Since the file was newly created, it just has this one line that I added).

After that, only after I typed . ~/.bashrc, can the alias works. If I close the terminal and open it again, I need to retype . ~/.bashrc.

It's really annoying to do this every time. Is there any way to solve this problem?

Thank you so much for help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2224

Answers (2)

kev
kev

Reputation: 161954

When you login to linux system, only ~/.profile will be called:

$ cat ~/.profile

# if running bash
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
    # include .bashrc if it exists
    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
    . "$HOME/.bashrc"
    fi
fi

You need to source ~/.bashrc inside ~/.profile manaully. Read this to learn more.

EDIT:

If you're using iTerm2 on mac, it actually start a login shell by default when open tabs.
But you can change it: Preferences > General > Command

Upvotes: 3

John B
John B

Reputation: 3646

If using OS X, append the alias to ~/.bash_profile.

You could also add alias to ~/.bashrc, then add source ~/.bashrc to ~/.bash_profile.

Better yet, put all your aliases in ~/.aliases, and source it in ~/.bash_profile.

By default, OS X first sources /etc/bashrc (which shouldn't be modified unless absolutely necessary), then sources the user's ~/.bash_profile at the start of every interactive session.

Upvotes: 2

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