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Aliases in bashrc don't work - everything else

given this ~ / .test file on Ubuntu 12.04:

alias ll='ls -la'
echo "TEST"

when i source ~ / .test i get TEST printed on terminal but alias doesn't work.

Additional information in response to questions:

This is a conditional copy / paste for illustration purposes:

kontrol@smartxffts:~$ cat .test
alias ll='ls -la'
echo "TEST"

kontrol@smartxffts:~$ source .test
TEST
kontrol@smartxffts:~$ ll
ll: command not found
kontrol@smartxffts:~$ alias ll='ls -la'
kontrol@smartxffts:~$ ll
ll: command not found

The alias command works as expected with other accounts on the same system. This user, where he does not work, was created like this:

sudo mkdir /home/kontrol
sudo useradd -u 1001 -b /home -s /bin/bash -G adm,cdrom,sudo,dip,plugdev,lpadmin,sambashare kontrol
sudo chown kontrol:kontrol kontrol/

Still dead end ...!

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.Bashrc had an alias with --color = auto option. Removing this resolved. This still doesn't explain why: a) the new ll alias didn't overwrite the old one, and b) why the --color = auto option didn't help. Other ls aliases use this option and they work.



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