alias ule='cd /usr/local/etc' is that what you're trying to do? -d Spero Manolatos said: > I am using the sh shell. > > Have tried to use alias in the following way: > > Alias <string> <dir> > > Example: alias ule /usr/local/etc > > When I try to retrieve the alias using cd ule it does not work. > > If I type alias then enter I do get a list with ule included????? > > > > > Spero m > > > -+(duncan brown -+(duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+(http://www.linuxadvocate.net Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot
