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

[Andre Perwin]

This is how I do it-

edit your ~/.profile file:

for example, I have added to the end of mine:

alias ls="ls -laG"

note: do not leave a space around the = sign, use double quotes

-a

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.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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