Permanent alias

I want to add the following as a permanent alias
alias ffox=/usr/local/firefox/firefox
Possibly
alias ffox=/usr/local/firefox/firefox &

In BASH. But I dont know which file are these kept in. Thanks.

You can add it to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile. Just add the whole alias line as these files are executed (as bash scripts) on login. 8)

Funny, I've seen these instructions before, but I can't find a .bashrc or .bash_profile file in my home directory or anywhere else on my system. Creating a blank one and adding the instructions doesn't do anything. I wonder if those files are kept somewhere else in Slackware?

try adding the alias to /etc/profile

that's the file that is sourced by bash whenever *anyone* logs in...

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Originally Posted by paulcox

Funny, I've seen these instructions before, but I can't find a .bashrc or .bash_profile file in my home directory or anywhere else on my system. Creating a blank one and adding the instructions doesn't do anything. I wonder if those files are kept somewhere else in Slackware?

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It's in your home directory (I'm using slackware) It is one of those files prefixed by a "." so they are "hidden"

Post your ~/.bashrc so we can take a look at it. Maybe there's a typo.