[Linux-disciples] trouble with .bashrc

[Chung-chieh Shan]

On 2004-11-07T00:23:22-0500, Jamie Forrest wrote:
> alias cp='cp -i'
> alias mv='mv -i'

You probably want to say

    alias cp='\cp -i'
    alias mv='\mv -i'

to avoid an infinite loop.

> I put this in a .bashrc file in my ~/ directory, with -rwxr-xr-x  
> permissions.  But when i use cp and mv, I don't get the prompt, even 
> when I restart the shell (Terminal program).
> 
> Any hints for me?

Perhaps counterintuitively, bash reads .bashrc only if it is run as
-not- the login shell (and it is run interactively).  So you want to put

    . ~/.bashrc

(as Steve mentioned) in your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile file.
(~/.bash_profile overrides ~/.profile)

By the way, you don't need to set executable permission on ~/.bashrc,
~/.profile, or ~/.bash_profile

	Ken

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