On Saturday 08 January 2005 10:29, Chadley Wilson wrote: > greetings > > I have this issue: > in /root/.bashrc there is an alias which breaks my script in the > following way: > When I need to copy or del a file the rm -i and cp -i are > preventing things from running smoothly. > > I have tried numerous tricks none work? > > could some-one please show me how you work around this without > editing the basrc files? > Take a look at "man bash". In particular, searh for the word "aliases". There is a small section describing them. You can list all your currently set aliases by simply issuing the command "alias" at the command prompt without any arguments. Regards, Mike Klinke