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thinksinbinary
Asked: 2015-10-13 07:17:42 +0800 CST

Why is my alias now not working?

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So before I reformatted (to get rid of Windows), I simply used this command to open documents by putting it at the end of the ~/.bashrc file:

alias commandless= 'gnome-open ./Documents/the-linux-command-line.pdf; gnome-open ./Documents/linux.odt'

But now everytime I start the terminal, it says:

bash: alias: gnome-open ./Documents/the-linux-command-line.pdf; gnome-open ./Documents/linux.odt: not found

before even typing anything in, and when I run the command nothing happens, not even error messages.

command-line

2 Answers

  1. You have a space between the = and the opening '. Remove it.

    $ alias foo= 'bar baz'
bash: alias: bar baz: not found
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  2. Best Answer

    Use double quotes instead of single quotes:

    alias newcommand="full path of the binary to be executed"

    and not:

    alias newcommand='full path of the binary to be executed'

    No space near equal either on the left or on the right.

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