--- Seb James
On your system ls is probably already aliased to be:
ls --color
For SuSE, this is already set in ~/.profile
so you could either find where this is and then add the -a switch, or alternatively in your ~/.bashrc file add the line:
alias ls="ls -a"
No, I would add it to ~/.profile -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk