From: Matt Rohrer <rohrer@hawaii.edu> To: David Banning <tracker@worldy.com> Cc: FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bash doesn't recognize .profile when in X Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10002221107510.9027-100000@uhunix2> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002221533250.16245-100000@mweb.worldy.com>
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, David Banning wrote:
> I have this command in my .profile which allows me to do a "ls -lt" with
> just an "l";
>
> l() { /bin/ls -lt $*; } # less typing
>
> that works find when not in X - but when I fire up my window manager
> (kde)
> it will not recognize the command.
>
> Any ideas ?
If I remember correctly, bash only reads your .profile when you login.
If you start another terminal, bash looks for your .bashrc. I have all
of my aliases in my .bashrc, and my .profile has a "source .bashrc"
line. See man bash for more details.
>
> thanx
>
> Dave Banning
>
>
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