I would appreciate any input that may help my addled noggin! The following is the file I am working with. (I know I could do this by creating 3 hash tables containing the relevant environments (accessed via a paeameter) but I'm now intrigued by the reason for this file not (completely) working by the method you offered. I suspect the alias parts and the PS1/2 variables are not picked up because they include some UNIX shell type execution. The TWO_TASKS being ignored is perhaps due to the semi=colon? Anyway it works upto and including SECTRAN. Cheers, Ronnie 
TERM=vt220; export TERM
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:/isw/tpp/oracle/live/1.6.1/
+ids/bin:/isw/tpp/oracle/live/1.6.1/ids/forms60/mesg:/isw/appwork/live
+/finance/guifmxs:.
EDITOR=vi ;export EDITOR
umask 002
ORACLE_TERM=vt220 ; export ORACLE_TERM

ORACLE_SID=ISWLIVE ; export ORACLE_SID
ORACLE_HOME=/isw/tpp/oracle/live/8.1.7; export ORACLE_HOME
PATH=$PATH:${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:${ORACLE_HOME}/dbs
export PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/ucblib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

PS1='${ORACLE_SID} > '
PS2='?'
SECTRAN_DIR=/home/interface/sectran
export SECTRAN_DIR
TWO_TASK=isw-live;

# Addition to allow ORACLE Forms testing in TEST & Other environments 
+- Bob
alias ISWTEST='ORACLE_SID=ISWTEST ; export ORACLE_SID; \
ORACLE_HOME=/isw/tpp/oracle/test/8.1.7; export ORACLE_HOME \
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/ucblib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:/isw/tpp/oracle/test/1.6.1/
+idst/bin:/isw/tpp/oracle/test/1.6.1/idst/forms60/mesg:/isw/appwork/te
+st/finance/guifmxs:.
PATH=$PATH:${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:${ORACLE_HOME}/dbs
export PATH'

# ISWLIVE
alias ISWLIVE='ORACLE_SID=ISWLIVE ; export ORACLE_SID; \
ORACLE_SID=ISWLIVE ; export ORACLE_SID
ORACLE_HOME=/isw/tpp/oracle/live/8.1.7; export ORACLE_HOME
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/ucblib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:/isw/tpp/oracle/live/1.6.1/
+ids/bin:/isw/tpp/oracle/live/1.6.1/ids/forms60/mesg:/isw/appwork/live
+/finance/guifmxs:.
PATH=$PATH:${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:${ORACLE_HOME}/dbs
export PATH'

# ISWTEACH
alias ISWTEACH='ORACLE_SID=ISWTEACH ; export ORACLE_SID; \
ORACLE_SID=ISWTEACH ; export ORACLE_SID
ORACLE_HOME=/isw/tpp/oracle/general/8.1.7; export ORACLE_HOME
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/ucblib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:/isw/tpp/oracle/general/1.6
+.1/ids/bin:/isw/tpp/oracle/general/1.6.1/ids/forms60/mesg:/isw/appwor
+k/general/finance/guifmxs:.
PATH=$PATH:${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:${ORACLE_HOME}/dbs
export PATH'

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Thanks for your help, Ronnie

Edit by castaway, fixed closing code tag

In reply to Re^8: Unix Aliases? by Ronnie
in thread Unix Aliases? by Ronnie

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