Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> writes: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:06:24PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I settle down permamnent bash aliases by simply putting them in the file >> ~/.bash_aliases; but they only work within X environment. Is it possible, >> and how?, to make them work also in tty1, tty2, ..., i.e. out of graphical >> surround? > > Shell aliases and functions should be declared in ~/.bashrc or in a file > that you source from ~/.bashrc. Some people like to create a ~/.bash_aliases > and source that from ~/.bashrc -- that's fine. Sounds like you are doing > that. > > The other step is that you need to ensure ~/.bashrc gets sourced from > your login profile, so that it gets picked up by ALL interactive shells > (login and non-login). If you have a ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login, > make sure you source ~/.bashrc from there. Otherwise, if you don't > have those, make sure you source it from ~/.profile. > > When you login on a text console, you get a login shell, which reads > ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login or ~/.profile but not ~/.bashrc. > (Which is why you need that extra source step.) > > When you run a terminal emulator within an X session, you *typically* > get a non-login shell, which reads ~/.bashrc only.
According to what you say, I solved my problem by putting my aliases in ~/.bash_profile rather than in ~/.bash_aliases. I don't know if it's correct, but it works. Thanks, Rodolfo