> 1. The Bourne Again SHell seems to require a '.\' before the | I guess you mean "./", don't you? ---------------+
> executable name in order to be able to execute the program (all > programs in the /usr/games directory). Check your PATH setting: is "." part of the search path? > 2. I've created .bashrc, .bash_profile, and .bash_aliases in my > /root directory, and /home/dbl home directory. However, bash does > not seem to load these up. I've modified the files to allow for an > easier transition from DOS/OS2 command prompts. Read the bash manual: .bashrc is only loaded by non-interactive shells. Put the following at the top of your .bash_profile: if [ -r $HOME/.bashrc ] then source $HOME/.bashrc fi And .bash_aliases is not an autoloaded file too, use the same construct as above. Dominik