Aliases in GNOME Terminal 2.16.0 are not being set

Question

The alias command is not working and I believe I am following the correct syntax for example:

alias np='ls -la'

I have also tried speech marks:

alias np="ls -la"

In both cases the response to np is

np: Command not found.

However, if I run alias with no arguments it does list current aliases (for the record 'nl' is not already listed).

What do you get if you type `nl` in your command line after setting the alias? (btw, "one" or "L"?) — fedorqui, Jul 24 '13 at 09:54
edit: Apologies I put nl as an example here only, whilst that is already a command. However when I used np, I recieve "np: Command not found." It is an L. — stupidmachine, Jul 24 '13 at 10:01
This is quite weird. Have you tried with different alias? Like `alias hello="echo hi"` or something like that? — fedorqui, Jul 24 '13 at 10:12
I believe another user on the system is able to do the above. I'm not granted sudo permissions. — stupidmachine, Jul 24 '13 at 11:03
It shouldn't be a `sudo permissions` problem. I am sorry to say I have no clue of what can be going on. Would recommend to test different commands and users... and hope somebody comes with broader view of it. — fedorqui, Jul 24 '13 at 11:08
It's not just that the equals is not necessary, it's that it is not allowed. — SethMMorton, Jul 25 '13 at 21:56

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '13 at 08:12

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Using csh, an equals sign is not allowed. The above should be written:

alias np "ls -la"

answered Aug 01 '13 at 08:12

stupidmachine

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