How do I export an alias 1

[Tison]

If I logon to Unix and define an alias.
I want to start another shell (ie. ksh) and have that alias available to me.
How do I pass an alias to another shell ?

 

[prv3116]

You can put the alias in your $HOME/.kshrc with the -x option to export it to other shells. In the .kshrc you can define other settings like you login prompt (PS1), environment variables, etc. Add the aliases you want.

alias -x me=whoami

 

[ElgisRamon]

A longer answer:

At logon your Korn shell will read and execute your $HOME/.profile file, and then, will search for a veriable named $ENV, if it exists and points to a file it will read that file and execute it.
And whenever a new Korn shell start again it will search for the file to re-execute it again. You can put in your $ENV file anything what you want to run at init in all your shells (like alias definitions!).

I hope it works...
I hope it works...
Unix was made by and for smart people.