site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:38:54 -0700 Steve <geekmonster@cox.net> wrote: Again forgive me if this is the wrong list. I looked over all of the mailing list and there isn't one for: newbie shell scripting beginner commandline c/c++ I then chmod +x ll sudo mv ll /usr/bin I then chmod +x myc sudo mv myc /usr/bin So 2 questions: What dumb thing am I over looking here or is this a mac thing? AND I use to get into my .profile file on an AIX machine and I used alias ll 'ls -al' alias myc 'cd /Developer/sandbox/myc' This is a good place to start: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/OpenSource/Conceptual/ShellScriptin... Brett _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... I opened a new file with vi calling it ll (LL) and I put the following line in it: ls -al it worked as I thought it would. I then opened a new file with vi calling it myc and I put the following line in it: cd /Developer/sandbox/myc however when I myc nothing happens, literally, no error, and no change in directory no matter where I am. Is there a similar way to use aliases on the mac so I can have typing short-cuts when on the commandline? Steve -New to Mac PS...I love this machine, I just want to learn to code on it and I'm starting from the ground/commandline up! Currently I'm using WROX Begiining Linux Programming So any beginning mac programming site's or books or other info is greatly appreciated. A common mistake is forgetting the "shebang": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) Also, you dont need to copy to your /usr/bin directory, just run it from the working directory by specifying the path of the file you are running: ie "./ll.sh" This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com