How to make custom alias in ~.bash_profile work on F10 86_64

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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
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