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* Mike Rushton (Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:15:28 -0500)
> I am trying to put an alias in a .bashrc
> 
> alias clear='printf "\033c"'

clear is part of the ncurses package, so I would simply install this.

> But what .bashrc do I put this in ?  in /ect/skel or the one my user 
> directory.   I put this code in and it seems to get overwritten.
> I don't understand what I am doing wrong.

/etc/skel is a template directory for new users.
 
> It is a minor thing that i can't clear the screen, but i want to work at 
> this and try to fix this.
> 
> Then I want to add a script to my profile.   but what one the
> .profile or .bash_profile ?

The two bash specific files you need to know are .bash_profile and 
.bashrc. Bash is different to other shells in that it will only read 
one of those two depending on whether bash is run as a login shell or 
not.

The recommended way is to source .bashrc from .bash_profile (this is 
already the Cygwin default) and to leave .bash_profile empty. Put 
everything you need into .bashrc.

Forget about .profile. It's only needed for backward compatibility 
and not an official bash file.

Thorsten


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