hi, i have been trying to set up quick commands usnig alias. I have tried using the C shell commands eg;
alias home "cd /home/blah"
and i have also tried adding commands to the .aliases file in my home directory but the alias command doesnt seem to pick them up
any ideas why this might be happening?

For aliases you use often, you need to put your aliases in your /home/blah/.cshrc file.

For adding them on the fly, you were doing this correctly:
alias home "cd /home/blah"

Make certain you are in a C-Shell:
echo $SHELL or just type csh.

To enter commands in your .cshrc file:
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vi ~/.cshrc
alias home 'cd /home/blah'
:wq!

source ~/.cshrc
home
pwd
/home/blah
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