Creating a new alias [solved]

[TheNovice]

I am trying to create a new alias for when I shutdown my box. As Chalex20 told me on a previous message I open /etc/bashrc with vi and added the following line (as root)

 

alias shut='shutdown -h +1 "That's all folks for today"'

 

I rebooted the box but it is not working. Did i miss something?

 

Thanks

TheNovice

[ramfree17]

can you post the contents of your $/.bashrc and $/.bash_profile? i am wondering if they reference the /etc/bashrc.

 

ciao!

[TheNovice]

This is my bashrc

 

System wide functions and aliases
# Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile

# by default, we want this to get set.
# Even for non-interactive, non-login shells.
if [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then
	umask 002
else
	umask 022
fi

# are we an interactive shell?
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
case $TERM in
	xterm*)
		PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'
	   ;;
	*)
	   ;;
esac
[ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

if [ -z "$loginsh" ]; then # We're not a login shell
	for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
		if [ -x $i ]; then
			. $i
		fi
	done
fi
fi

unset loginsh
alias today='date +"%A, %B %-d, %Y"'
alias shut='shutdown -h +1 "That's all folks"'
~
~
"bashrc" 36L, 763C											  36,46		 All

 

This is my .bash_profile

 

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
	. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH
unset USERNAME

alias l='ls -l'
".bash_profile" 16L, 245C									   1,1		   Top

 

TheNovice

[jboy]

That bashrc that you just posted looks like /etc/bashrc. Ramfree17 asked you to post the .bashrc (note the leading period) in your home directory. Please post that. Here is my $HOME/.bashrc, which is the default from the 2006 install:

 

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
	. /etc/bashrc
fi

If your $HOME/.bashrc does not look like the above, that could be your problem.

 

Note that it will execute /etc/bashrc, if that file exists. The period followed by a space before the /etc/bashrc command is a special command that makes any variables that are set in the script available after the script has finished executing.

 

Also, if there is a bashrc (without the leading period) in your home directory, that is not going to get executed when you open a terminal (note your .bash_profile specifically references .bashrc in your home directory, not bashrc).

[TheNovice]

Ooops sorry. here it is:

 

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
	. /etc/bashrc
fi

# enable programmable completion features
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
	. /etc/bash_completion
fi
~
~
".bashrc" 13L, 231C											 1,1		   All

 

TheNovice

[jboy]

alias shut='shutdown -h +1 "That's all folks"'

 

OK, there is a problem with the extra single quote in "that's all folks"

 

Try this instead:

 

alias shut='shutdown -h +1 "That is all folks"'

[TheNovice]

spot on jboy !!

 

Thanks very much

TheNovice