Bash LS Options ~ Group Directories First

############################################################## # BASH_ALIASES ############################################################## #------------------------------------------------------------- # The 'ls' family #------------------------------------------------------------- alias ll="ls -l --group-directories-first" alias ls='ls -hF --color' # add colors for filetype recognition alias la='ls -Al' # show hidden files alias lx='ls -lXB' # sort by extension alias lk='ls -lSr' # sort by size, biggest last alias lc='ls -ltcr' # sort by and show change time, most recent last alias lu='ls -ltur' # sort by and show access time, most recent last alias lt='ls -ltr' # sort by date, most recent last alias lm='ls -al |more' # pipe through 'more' alias lr='ls -lR' # recursive ls alias tree='tree -Csu' # nice alternative to 'recursive ls' # ------------------------------------------------------------ # Play nicely ... # ------------------------------------------------------------ alias rm='rm -i' alias rmdir='rmdir -p' alias cp='cp -i' alias mv='mv -i' alias mkdir='mkdir -p'

Answers

The .bash_alias file is non-standard and must be explicitly loaded in one of the automatically loaded files, e.g. .bashrc or .bash_profile. Use the following script snippet:

[[ -f ~/.bash_alias ]] && . .bash_alias

Make sure you are including .bash_alias in the correct one; local Linux terminals usually don't start login shells, so you'd use .bashrc, but via SSH on the remote system, bash will only load .bash_profile automatically. See the section INVOCATION in man bash.

Daniel Beck

Posted 2012-05-08T19:46:52.693

Reputation: 98 421

Thanks for the reply ... I should have been more specific in stating that I have ~/.bashrc with the same on both boxes ...

Here's .bashrc's contents both locally and remote ... – Eddie B – 2012-05-08T21:14:59.610

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then . ~/.bash_aliases fi – Eddie B – 2012-05-08T21:24:54.117

Please read my entire answer. What use is a bashrc file when it won't get loaded in login shells? – Daniel Beck – 2012-05-08T21:28:10.427

Ahh ... I'll check out Invocation ... appreciate the help ... – Eddie B – 2012-05-08T21:31:14.590