macOS HELP : using .bash_profile to create aliases still no love

Hi Gys,

I know that has been touched on in the past and I read the forums and got this far but I can't seem to get this to work and I know it should.

I have an application which can be launched via a script called Nuke5.0 it is located here :

/Applications/Nuke5.0v2b7/Nuke5.0v2b7.app

So I created a file called .bash_profile and added the following lines

export PATH=${PATH}:/Applications/Nuke5.0v2b7Nuke5.0v2b7.app
alias nuke=/Applications/Nuke5.0v2b7/Nuke5.0v2b7.app/Nuke5.0

and when I use the nuke alias in my bash I get the response

nuke : unknown command

so I guess I am doing something wrong. Just don't know what it is !

What is the correct way to do this ?

thanks,
T.

ah crap it was just syntax. no symboilc link necessary

alias nuke="/Applications/balh/blah"

silly silly Bourne Again Shell