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Drew Noakes
Asked: 2013-12-17 03:15:30 +0800 CST

bash: alias: alias: not found

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When I log in, I see the error:

bash: alias: alias: not found

If I source my .bashrc file, the message appears again.

What is causing this?

bash

7 Answers

  1. I had the same issue, so the solution is to follow simply rules.

    alias alias_name='command '

    no other symbols between equal sign.
    I had whitespaces between the sign and the source ~/.bashrc always failed for me.
    so be attentive

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  2. It turns out that a line feed had been removed from ~/.bashrc, giving:

    alias ll='ls -alF' alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'

    Breaking the first line into two commands fixes the error.

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  3. In my case, removing spaces in alias = ls -alF solved the problem.

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  4. You can put quotes around the commands you are aliasing. You can even put them around the alias, too.

    'llg'='ll | grep'

    Newlines are also a problem. Widows-saved .bashrc file caused errors in Ubuntu virtual machine:

    command not found

    I ran dos2unix .bashrc to convert the line endings, and then everything worked.

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  5. My problem is solved when I remove the space in 

    alias cdg = 'ls -al'

    to 

    alias cdg='ls -al'
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  6. I think you can do this:

    alias 'll=ls -alF'
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  7. Remember to restart the terminal after you changed the alias in .bashrc!!!

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