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Gmenfan83
Gmenfan83

Reputation: 2587

set prompts for bash Osx?

i am trying to set up a prompt in terminal as a safety net to ask me yes or no when I want to
-cp, -rm, -mv etc. I created a ~/.bashrc file but my syntax inside the folder is wrong i believe because i do not get a prompt when i execute one of the following commands. Can anyone tell me the proper syntax for doing this in bash? Here is what i have in my ~/.bashrc now

alias rm ‘rm -i’
alias mv ‘mv -i’
alias cp ‘cp -i’

This works on .tcshrc but apparently not in bash, any help is appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 105

Answers (1)

dogbane
dogbane

Reputation: 274562

The syntax in bash is alias name=value.

For example:

alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias cp='cp -i'

Check the man page for more information.

Upvotes: 2

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