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I have a .bash_profile file containing a number of bash customizations. I have the same file on a Linux server and locally on my Mac. On the server, everything behaves as expected. However, locally on my Mac I am having trouble. I have a basic alias that looks like this to add color to my directory names:

alias ls='ls -G'

If I run a $ ls -G command from the command line, the command works and my directories are colored. However, if I alias the command in my bash_profile and then type ls I do not get directory highlighting. I tried to add this alias to my .bashrc as well, but that didn't work either. Does anyone know what my problem is? Thanks in advance for the help.

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Does the alias show up when you just type alias? Do any of the other customizations work on your Mac? – Mat Oct 5 '11 at 12:33
The ls -G alias does not show up. The strange thing is that I have another alias (ls -aF) also in my .bash_profile that shows up and also works just fine. – dr.bunsen Oct 5 '11 at 12:57
Can you post your complete .bash_profile file please? – Mat Oct 5 '11 at 12:58
Ah my apologizes, I figured out the problem. I was mapping two commands to the same alias. – dr.bunsen Oct 5 '11 at 12:59

closed as too localized by rozcietrzewiacz, Michael Mrozek♦ Oct 5 '11 at 13:07

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