Command line aliases in linux

[Ridemonkey]

Which file is it that I put command line aliases in so that I can name my own commands?

So like I would type xxx and it would do a rm -rf * or something like that.

[splat]

What Shell are you using ?

[Ridemonkey]

I dunno. I'm using Red Hat Linux 9 and I have a $ at the prompt. Was that enormously unhelpful?

[CrAckErKorEan]

Sounds like BASH to me.
Try this itl tell you what shell your using.

cat /etc/passwd | grep (username) that should tell you

Mine says

crackmunch:x:503:503:crackmunch:/home/crackmunch:/bin/bash

and for the alias

alias "whatyouwant=commandtoexecute"

That should work.

[Transcend]

Originally posted by Ridemonkey
I dunno. I'm using Red Hat Linux 9 and I have a $ at the prompt. Was that enormously unhelpful?

It's bash then.

[splat]

and to have them load each time you log in put them in the

.bashrc file

[Ridemonkey]

Cool, I'll try that.