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choubbi is offline choubbi
2009-12-27 , 00:13
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Hi,

I'm a beginner in command line and I'm a bit lost with Maemo's shell : I'd like to create basic aliases for my N900 (alias ll = 'ls -l', that kind of stuff).
Apparently the default shell doesn't have a .bashrc, so I don't know where to put my aliases.
How to apply the changes afterwards, too ? (sounds like there isn't "source" either)

Thanks
 
j.s is offline j.s
2009-12-27 , 00:30
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Originally Posted by choubbi View Post
Hi,

I'm a beginner in command line and I'm a bit lost with Maemo's shell : I'd like to create basic aliases for my N900 (alias ll = 'ls -l', that kind of stuff).
Apparently the default shell doesn't have a .bashrc, so I don't know where to put my aliases.
How to apply the changes afterwards, too ? (sounds like there isn't "source" either)

Thanks
The n900 does not come with bash, but with a much simpler sh compatible shell.

In a terminal, type:
Code:
echo 'alias ll="ls -l"' > /home/user/.profile
You can then type:
Code:
source /home/user/.profile
The source will work. I don't know what your problem was. From then on, opening a new terminal will atomatically read the commands in .profile and the source command not needed.
 

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choubbi is offline choubbi
2009-12-27 , 00:42
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Thanks, it works !
I had found a thread in which it was told .profile was supposed to be an equivalent to .bashrc (I wasn't sure it worked for aliases though), but I couldn't source it with "source .profile". "source /home/user/.profile" works though, I guess it was just the path that was required (I just tested with ./.profile, it works too).
 
mail_e36 is offline mail_e36
2010-04-22 , 18:48
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The above instructions seem like they only apply to the current xterm session, all new sessions need "source /home/user/.profile" run each time to see all aliases.

Does anyone have any ideas?
 
geneven is offline geneven
2010-04-22 , 19:16
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I prefer to use vi to create the file, but it seemed to work for me.

You could also use leafpad if you have it installed.


You would go to the /home/user directory

You would type vi .profile and hit enter

after the vi editor opened you would type the letter i

then you would type the alias line you wanted

then you would type the esc key

then you would type :wq and hit enter

then you would be thru. close the xterm, reopen it and see if it works.
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-04-22 , 21:50
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Originally Posted by mail_e36 View Post
The above instructions seem like they only apply to the current xterm session, all new sessions need "source /home/user/.profile" run each time to see all aliases.

Does anyone have any ideas?
The .profile script should be read automatically by every new session. The "source /home/user/.profile" is only needed if you've edited the file since launching the session and want to load the updates.
 

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2010-04-22 , 23:54
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Warning: a bogus .profile can render the device non-bootable so be very very careful when editing it, and make sure you have a recent backup in case you need to reflash.
 

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2010-09-29 , 16:56
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Originally Posted by lma View Post
Warning: a bogus .profile can render the device non-bootable so be very very careful when editing it, and make sure you have a recent backup in case you need to reflash.
It would be a good idea to mark such warnings somehow in
talk maemo...
Thanks again.
 
matthew maude is offline matthew maude
2010-09-29 , 18:39
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Originally Posted by lma View Post
Warning: a bogus .profile can render the device non-bootable so be very very careful when editing it, and make sure you have a recent backup in case you need to reflash.
how so??? .profile is empty to begin with and if you edit root/.profile all you are doing is adding a line of alias - if you delete its contents it still boots
 
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