Ohmyzsh: when terminal closes the created alias are lost

Created on 11 Nov 2014  ·  3Comments  ·  Source: ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh

after closing the terminal, the alias created in the session are not recorded.

➜  ~ git:(master) ✗ alias -g devpath='cd /Users/User/Documents/develop'
➜  ~ git:(master) ✗ devpath                                                    
➜  develop git:(master) ✗ 

Last login: Tue Nov 11 13:04:26 on ttys000
➜  ~ git:(master) ✗ devpath
zsh: command not found: devpath
➜  ~ git:(master) ✗

but when I do:

Last login: Tue Nov 11 13:11:15 on ttys000
➜  ~ git:(master) ✗ zsh_stats
     1  69  30%        git
     2  31  13,4783%   alias
     3  23  10%        ls
     4  22  9,56522%   devpath
     5  19  8,26087%   cd
     6  12  5,21739%   gulp
     7  9   3,91304%   gp
     8  6   2,6087%    sudo
     9  6   2,6087%    cl
    10  4   1,73913%   gc
    11  3   1,30435%   chsh
    12  3   1,30435%   cat
    13  2   0,869565%  source
    14  2   0,869565%  pod
    15  2   0,869565%  mkdir
    16  2   0,869565%  lc
    17  2   0,869565%  find
    18  2   0,869565%  dstore
    19  1   0,434783%  vim
    20  1   0,434783%  startserver
➜  ~ git:(master) ✗ devpath
zsh: command not found: devpath
picture mihnor

Most helpful comment

The alias command per default remains in effect only during the current login session!

To make permanent aliases store them at ~/.zshrc like this:

# Aliases
alias cle=clear
alias cl=clear
alias lc=clear

Save it and then source the file:

$ source ~/.zshrc

Voilà, enjoy your aliases. :beers:

picture gabrielalmeida on 12 Nov 2014
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The alias command per default remains in effect only during the current login session!

To make permanent aliases store them at ~/.zshrc like this:

# Aliases
alias cle=clear
alias cl=clear
alias lc=clear

Save it and then source the file:

$ source ~/.zshrc

Voilà, enjoy your aliases. :beers:

gabrielalmeida picture gabrielalmeida on 12 Nov 2014
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Feature, not bug. Please close

mcornella picture mcornella on 21 Feb 2015

Sorry I don't mean to open this again, but thought I'd add for people running into this via Google. As OSX Catalina & Oh My Zsh don't appear to work with the above solution out the box.

1.) Go to the folder $ cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom
2.) Create a new .zsh file. You can name it what ever you’d like, but for testing, I created aliases.zsh
3.) Add you new aliases to your new file. You can do this by opening the file with your preferred text editor. For example:

    #An alias to naviage up one directory level
    alias up='cd ..'

4.) Save and quit the editor
5.) Restart your terminal or use $ source ~/.zshrc

gbrits picture gbrits on 2 May 2020
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