@Gohan As user Code: vi /home/user/.profile Then when it opens copy this into it Code: trap exit SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM alias iplayer="iplayer-dl -d /home/user/MyDocs/.videos" Ensure that they are on different lines. Then press Code: Esc Esc :wq Enter Then try Code: cat /home/user/.profile The Esc key is to be pressed twice it is on the screen at the bottom.When you press it twice you will notice the curser goes to the bottom left of the screen. Hope this helps.
vi /home/user/.profile
trap exit SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM alias iplayer="iplayer-dl -d /home/user/MyDocs/.videos"
Esc Esc :wq Enter
cat /home/user/.profile