-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Schmitt [mailto:scdbac...@gmx.net] Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 12:27 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Jessie - Strange Alias Problem
Hi, S. P. Molnar wrote: > I have the following line in my /home/comp/.bashrc; alias l='ls -l > --color' > If I source the file in my /home/comp it works - once!, and only in my > home directory!!! What exactly do you mean by "[to] source" ? > If I change to another directory - it doesn't work! I can reproduce this only if the other directory contains nothing but data files which do not get a fancy color. (I put the alias into ~/.bashrc and start a new xterm to get it into effect.) Have a nice day :) Thomas source /home/comp/.bashrc
