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Subject: Re: A few simple questions(...if you don't mind)
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On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:01:42 +0200
Phil Schulz <ph.schulz@gmx.de> wrote:

> Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote:
> 
> > 4. When I issued a "alias ls ls -FGh" how can I make
> > this alias for 'ls' permanent? And where are the
> > individual manpages for those built-in commands
> > located? 
> 
> Check your shell's man page. Given that you are using csh(1) (which is 
> root's default shell on FreeBSD) you should add such an entry in ~/.cshrc
> 

if it wasn't just a typo, you might also want to re-read man ls.
as written, the -h switch is a useless flag.  it requires -l to provide
effect.

epi    ;)

.