I'm using screen, and I have several aliases in my ~/.bash_profile, for example python=python-2.6. But for some reasons these aliases don't work when I work in screen. How can I make them work?
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I want to open multiple new windows in screen and execute my alias in each of those, ie, "screen -t window1 my_alias". Any idea how to do that?– cat pantsMay 5, 2013 at 17:46
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.bash_profile gets run when in a login shell. You'll probably want to put your aliases in the .bashrc file. Or you could just execute your .bash_profile each time that you start up a shell in screen
Use the -l option to bash in your .screenrc to start your screen session's bash shells as login shells:
screen bash -l
answered Dec 3, 2010 at 16:40
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Using this method you would have to type "exit" twice - once to exit the additional bash session, and then second time to exit screen.– pakoAug 4, 2016 at 21:51
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The same applies to the original question. The example I showed here was for a
.screenrcfile to open the shell as a login shell. Aug 5, 2016 at 2:48
Add this line to your ~/.screenrc file:
shell -/bin/bash
The initial dash executes the shell with login option
If you run exec bash after you start up screen, they will work
answered Dec 3, 2010 at 16:34
