[X-Unix] setting up aliases in bash / Tiger

[..lj]

On Sep 27, 2006, at 10:18, David Gilden wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Could someone point to me tutorial that would show me what files in  
> Tiger
> I can edit in Terminal so that I can set up some basic aliases...?
>
> I tried this in PICO
> IN: /private/etc/
> bashrc (renamed to .bashrc)
>
> alias c = 'clear'
>
> Did not seem to work, not sure what I am doing wrong here.
>
try editing
~/.profile

I'm not sure I would edit the file /etc/.bashrc (IMHO). I would edit  
my local copy in ~/. That way the /etc copy stays clean to be used in  
a another account (Especially a test account)
..lj