$ .bashrc -bash: /home/dio/.bashrc: Permission denied dio@eutopia:~$ ls -l .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 dio mhoy06 30 2010-10-05 23:23 .bashrc On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Mike Hoy wrote: > $ cat /etc/passwd | grep "bash" > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > mhoy06:x:1000:1000:mike hoy,,,:/home/mhoy06:/bin/bash > dio:x:1001:1000:dio,,,:/home/dio:/bin/bash > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Mike Hoy wrote: >> $ .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 >> > > > > -- > Mike Hoy > -- 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