> On Nov 8, 2016, at 2:01 PM, S. P. Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of alias's > defined. > > For example alias l='ls -l --color' > > When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are > active. That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc. So far, > so good alias works - in that terminal! If I open a tab in the same terminal > the alias's are gone!!! > > I keep the system up to date. > > Is this fatal? NO Very annoying? YES > > I don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on. > > A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS, will be > very appreciated. Thanks in advance. > >
There is a difference between login shell and interactive shell. Put your aliases into .bash_ptofile >
