$ .bashrc -bash: /home/dio/.bashrc: Permission denied On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I could be wrong about this but I think it explains your quandry.  See > below: > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Mike Hoy wrote: >> >> my hard drive has /home on a different partition >> it was failing fsck and to simplify I backed up my /home contents to a >> backup hdd and then set it up again >> >> how to I use 'bash' when /etc/shells already shows me using /bin/bash? >> >> vim /home/dio/.bashrc >> alias clearl="clear && ls -l" >> ~$ clearl >> -bash: clearl: command not found >> in terminal > > Since you did not source your new .bashrc, your current shell does not know > about the change.  You needed to do ". .bashrc" without the quotes. >> >> ~$ echo $SHELL >> /bin/bash >> >> so I change to bash anyway: >> ~$ bash >> ~$ clearl  (works fine) > > Since you started a new shell with explicitly running bash, that bash > re-initialized and saw your alias so it worked. >> >> I've done this: >> >> chsh -s /bin/bash >> password *** >> no luck > > This is less clear what all you did in between, but if you are still in the > original terminal and its shell, you still have not re-sourced .bashrc for > that running shell >> >> but I can type bash manually and I'm goold >> >> ~$ echo $PATH >> >> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/dio/sh:/home/dio/ >> >> >> cat ~/.bashrc >> alias clearl="clear && ls -l" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Hoy >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. >   - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Mike Hoy --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss