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how to create a persistent alias?
i would like to create an alias for example "reboot" = 'shutdown -r now'
or "halt" = 'shutdown -h now'
whenever i create an alias i find that it is destroyed on reboot. surely there is a way to make them persistent?
or "halt" = 'shutdown -h now'
whenever i create an alias i find that it is destroyed on reboot. surely there is a way to make them persistent?
Karl Heinz Kremer
Put these commands in your .profile file (or, if you use a different shell, into one of the configuration files for your shell).
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thanks kremer i assume you mean .bash_profile?
what exactly would i write in there?
what exactly would i write in there?
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There is a standard sequence that bash loads config files, and each file is supposed to contain specific information. User specific Alias commands belong in ~/.bashrc.
-Karl
-Karl
Karl,
most people don't know (and don't care) about the differences, but if you want to direct somebody to a specific file, you should provide some background information about why this is the correct file :-)
An alias will work in all the files that I've listed, however there is one file that will have one small advantage over other's: The .bashrc file will be read only for interactive shells, which means that you don't slow down the loading of a shell that's used for e.g. a shell script by defining aliases.
most people don't know (and don't care) about the differences, but if you want to direct somebody to a specific file, you should provide some background information about why this is the correct file :-)
An alias will work in all the files that I've listed, however there is one file that will have one small advantage over other's: The .bashrc file will be read only for interactive shells, which means that you don't slow down the loading of a shell that's used for e.g. a shell script by defining aliases.
khkremer,
Thank you for clarifying that.
Thank you for clarifying that.