Unable to execute aliases defined in the .bashrc file in gitbash

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I have added certain aliases in .bashrc file, that point to the windows location of the start-server bat files of kafka and zookeeper. However when I run those in the gitbash its saying Command not found error

Example if I have below alias in .bashrc file and I run the command zoo in gitbash it gives above error

alias zoo="D:/Tools/kafka_2.13-2.8.0/bin/windows/kafka-server-start.bat"

Bash doesn't run Windows batch files. Use a Windows command interpreter to run these. — torek, Dec 06 '21 at 08:00
Kafka doesn't run that well in windows, anyway. You might want to try WSL2 instead — OneCricketeer, Dec 06 '21 at 15:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '22 at 08:52

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Gitbash only reads .bash_profile not .bashrc, either place aliases in .bash_profile or place these line on the top of your .bash_profile:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]
then
    . ~/.bashrc
fi

also see: Git for Windows doesn't execute my .bashrc file

answered Oct 06 '22 at 08:52

Roelof

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Unable to execute aliases defined in the .bashrc file in gitbash

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