You do not have to logout. You just got to 'source ~/.bash_profile' to make it work. I am not using export after my aliases and it works. :-) <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson <<a href="mailto:mikkel@infinity-ltd.com">mikkel@infinity-ltd.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Yunus wrote: > Hi Users of Fedora > > I added below line to last line fo my ~.bash_profile > alias l='ls -la' > I logout and login again then try issuing: > $ l > on command prompt but had no effect. Is there other way to make my > custom alias (put in ~.bash_profile) work? > > It has no problem if I make an alias in gnome-terminal : > $ alias l='ls -la' > $ l > Issuing 'l' command on command prompt will produce the desired result. > > Thank you > yunus > If I remember correctly, you also need to export the alias. See if adding "export l" to .bash_profile helps. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> Guidelines: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines</a> </blockquote></div>