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In my laptop, if I type below
$ which vi
alias vi='vim'
/usr/bin/vim
Now I want to change the vi alias to another bin, e.g. vim_wrapper a script created in /usr/bin/, I type this line:
alias vi="vim_wrapper"
in ~/.bashrc or /etc/bashrc, but take no effects. So How to change the default vi alias vi='vim' to vi='vim_wrapper'? Thanks for help!
Aliases added to bashrc don't take effect immediately. You have to restart your terminal session or logout and log back in.
To make the alias take effect immediately, run the alias line you added on a terminal as if it were a command or source your bashrc as Nitrodist explains in the first comment.
source the file (instead of running it with ~/bashrc on its own), otherwise the changes will not be reflected in the terminal. So, either do . ~/.bashrc or source ~/.bashrc.
– Nitrodist
May 25 '11 at 17:40
.bashrc and I execute the script instead of sourcing it, then that exported variable disappears after the script finishes executing. See superuser.com/questions/176783/… stackoverflow.com/questions/1107808/… and stackoverflow.com/questions/1880735/…
– Nitrodist
May 25 '11 at 18:21
alias command, but that wasn't very clear in my post. I've updated it.
– Patches
May 25 '11 at 19:05
You can try to modify the original vi alias set. Here's my grep result:
/etc/profile.d/vim.sh: alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim
