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coded this line in my .profile alias cddb2='cd /opt/ibm/db2/V9.7/bin' after I save ,exit the session and come back and try it outs its saying cddb2 not found. Help please...
  1. 04-26-2011 #1
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    Alias not working for me

    coded this line in my .profile
    alias cddb2='cd /opt/ibm/db2/V9.7/bin'

    after I save ,exit the session and come back and try it outs its saying cddb2 not found.

    Help please
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    welcome to the forum

    try "sh .profile"
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    There are two files that are automatically read by Bash when you start a shell: .bash_profile and .bashrc.

    .bash_profile is only read for the initial login shell, and .bashrc is read for every shell that you start. .bash_profile often only contains a single line:
    Code:
    source ~/.bashrc
    Which effectively makes your .bash_profile and your .bashrc the same file.

    So add the line to your ~/.bashrc file and it should work.
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