How to use aliases defined in .bashrc in other scripts?

Question

In ~/.bashrc, I defined some aliases. But I cannot use them in other shell scripts, where I can only use aliases defined right there. Even though I sourced bashrc, it still

Answer 1

There is a way of doing it globally without adding lines to each script you execute: by using the BASH_ENV variable.

Here is my setup for OS X 10.8.5:

/etc/launchd.conf:

setenv BASH_ENV /Users/DK/.env

~/.bash_profile:

# == Bash setup for interactive shells ==    
# === Environment for all shells ===
. $BASH_ENV    
# [skipped]

~/.env:

# == Setup for all shells ==
# This is executed for all interactive and for non-interactive shells (e.g. scripts)

shopt -s expand_aliases extglob xpg_echo

# [skipped] Misc. variables and PATH setup

# === General aliases ===

alias pause='echo "Press [Return] or [Enter] to continue..."; read' # read -p does not display prompt in Eclipse console

# [skipped]