https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/source-alias/m-p/3609894#M104337 Hi,<BR />Your aliases should be in .kshrc <BR />In this case there is no need to do anything else than to add in your .profile<BR /># Set up the KSH env.<BR /> ENV=$HOME/.kshrc<BR /> export ENV<BR /><BR />or you add . ~/file/.alias in .profile...<BR /><BR /><BR />All the best<BR />Victor Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:29:38 GMT Victor BERRIDGE 2005-08-23T12:29:38Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/source-alias/m-p/3609893#M104336 I want to source my .alias file when I login. I put the following entry in my .kshrc<BR /><BR />. ~/file/.alias<BR /><BR />but, it doesnt work :-(<BR /><BR />when I run it manually, then it works..<BR /><BR />what did I do wrong?<BR /> Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:22:39 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/source-alias/m-p/3609893#M104336 Gemini_2 2005-08-23T12:22:39Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/source-alias/m-p/3609894#M104337 Hi,<BR />Your aliases should be in .kshrc <BR />In this case there is no need to do anything else than to add in your .profile<BR /># Set up the KSH env.<BR /> ENV=$HOME/.kshrc<BR /> export ENV<BR /><BR />or you add . ~/file/.alias in .profile...<BR /><BR /><BR />All the best<BR />Victor Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:29:38 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/source-alias/m-p/3609894#M104337 Victor BERRIDGE 2005-08-23T12:29:38Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/source-alias/m-p/3609895#M104338 or you add . ~/file/.alias in .profile...<BR />#my alias file is very long, so I dont want to add it to .kshrc.<BR /><BR />adding to .profile is perfect. thank you!<BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /> Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:42:14 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/source-alias/m-p/3609895#M104338 Gemini_2 2005-08-23T12:42:14Z