Linux: aliases when using `screen`

I'm using screen, and I have several aliases in my ~/.bash_profile, for example python=python-2.6. But for some reasons these aliases don't work when I work in screen. How can I make them work?

Solution 1:

.bash_profile gets run when in a login shell. You'll probably want to put your aliases in the .bashrc file. Or you could just execute your .bash_profile each time that you start up a shell in screen

Solution 2:

Use the -l option to bash in your .screenrc to start your screen session's bash shells as login shells:

screen bash -l

Solution 3:

Add this line to your ~/.screenrc file:

shell -/bin/bash

The initial dash executes the shell with login option