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lumpy_bd
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 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 4:34 pm Post subject: Creating a permanent global alias? |
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Hi all.
Just installed Gentoo 2004.2 with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8 kernel. Got XOrg installed, and even got KDE up and running... not bad for a first timer eh? 
One thing... when i type i get boring old grey text listing the contents of my folder. Now if i type things get a lot more funky; we got dark blue, light blue... we even got green!! Pretty colours (Yes, "colours; im not American  )=A very happy me .
But... wait, here it comes... how do I make every act like an ?
I have tried using an alias: | Code: | | alias ls='/bin/ls --color=auto' |
but that only works for the current terminal session that i'm in. If I change terminal, log out or reboot, I have to do it again. Is there any way to make it permanent across all terminals for all users?
P.S. I have tried adding | Code: | | alias ls='/bin/ls --color=auto' |
to my /etc/conf.d/local.start file, to no avail... any other suggestions?
Cheers in advance
Brett |
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joeljkp
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Hmm... it sounds like you're using root to do this? Does it display colors as a normal user?
If you want 'ls' to act the same way for every user on the system, put your alias line in /etc/profile. That file gets read every time you open a new shell.
If you want to change it for a specific user, create (or edit) your ~/.bashrc file and put your alias line in there. I believe for normal users, there's already a good .bashrc in the home directory, so you can just edit that.
If you want an already-made .bashrc for root, copy it from /etc/skel to /root.
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Minox
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Greetings,
check /etc/profile and run source /etc/profile; env-update
and ~/.bash_profile
and ~/.bashrc
Kind regards,
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