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I noticed that when I am typing in a Konsole window, an alias
that I defined in a different Konsole window is undefined.
Has anybody figured out a way to automatically share aliases among shell instances, so I don't have to type in my alias in
different shells?
I can define all my aliases in a Bash-script file called aliases. But how would I have the shell instance automatically run that script when I switch to it (or when I create it )?

You have to call that aliases script from .bashrc which gets executed every time you open a shell. I have in mine these lines:

Of course change .bash_aliases to whatever file name you use.

You could also put the aliases directly in .bashrc, but it's nicer to keep them in a separate file.

Thank you, Adrian.
I used the filename you suggested. I moved my aliases script file from aliases to the name you suggested. It worked! Thank you.

BTW, I was surprised to get this message


I thought that -a would include files beginning with a dot. Didn't show anything. I had to do this:

Adrian,

I followed your example. I consolidated all my aliases into one file. Now it works automatically when I create a new Konsole window. I need no longer redefine my desired alias.

Thank you for helping me. I appreciate it.

Glad to be of help. I went one more step and put my .bash_aliases in my Dropbox and then linked it to home so I have the same aliases no matter what computers I use. I've done the same for .bash_functions

(will move to Google drive once they release a linux client).

I think this is right: aliases stored in .bashrc in the /home directory will not work in a root terminal. The file would need to be copied and pasted (as root) into the /root directory.