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.bashrc loading aliases from different file

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Mar 15, 202614195 views
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Problem

I have a .bashrc file, which I want to setup so it reads aliases from an .aliases file and sets them up. Currently I have: But upon login I get: -bash: alias: -fu: not found -bash: alias: $USER": not found -bash: alias: -lart": not found The .aliases file is like this: psu="ps -fu $USER" ll="ls -la…

Error Output

# User specific aliases and functions
while read alias_line
do
        echo `alias ${alias_line}`
done < .aliases

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Fix for: .bashrc loading aliases from different file

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When you use , the variable is broken up at spaces, ignoring quoting rules. There are two ways you could fix it: Remove all quoting from the alias file: and put the variable itself in quotes: This works because in bash, and are exactly equivalent. A…

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