zsh alias command for la or ls, not working

Question

I've got a referenced file called ~/.zsh/aliases. Inside this file, I have an alias:

alias la='exa --icons -lah'

In my ~/.zshrc, I have sourced this file towards to bottom of the file:

source ~/.zsh/aliases
source ~/.zsh/path
source ~/.zsh/var

However, the la command is doing a "normal" la. I've tried with other aliases and they work. For example, alias gc='exa --icons -lah' will work. But if I assign la with something else, it also doesn't work. For example, alias la='git commit' doesn't work.

It seems like la is taken and can't be overwritten.

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score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '22 at 17:32

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For me the problem was the position of the alias inside the .zshrc file, i solved that by putting it to the bottom of the file. Hope it works for you too

answered May 20 '22 at 17:32

fedann

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '22 at 01:47

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Fixed this issue by sourcing the referenced file from my terminal, rather than just inside .zshrc.

So, to work run this inside the terminal:

source ~/.zsh/aliases

Not sure why it wasn't getting picked up from .zshrc.

answered Jan 27 '22 at 01:47

anthonyjdella

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What does your `echo $ZSH_VERSION` say? – user1934428 Jan 27 '22 at 12:42
@user1934428 it says `5.8` – anthonyjdella Jan 27 '22 at 17:46
And you are sure that you were sourcing .zshrc after you had updated that file? – user1934428 Jan 27 '22 at 18:33
Yep, 100%. It's in my .zshrc at the bottom of the file. – anthonyjdella Jan 28 '22 at 06:01
I did not ask, where it **is**, I asked whether you **sourced** the file after changing it. – user1934428 Jan 28 '22 at 07:43
I guess not. That seems to have been my mistake :/ – anthonyjdella Jan 30 '22 at 05:27

zsh alias command for la or ls, not working

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