$ grep alias ~/.bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
. ~/.alias
$ grep mydiff ~/.alias
alias mydiff='diff --ignore-space-change --ignore-blank-lines --side-by-side --suppress-common-lines'
$ alias mydiff
alias mydiff='diff --ignore-space-change --ignore-blank-lines --side-by-side --suppress-common-lines'
$ ssh -q localhost 'alias mydiff'
alias mydiff='diff --ignore-space-change --ignore-blank-lines --side-by-side --suppress-common-lines'
$ ssh -q localhost 'mydiff'
bash: mydiff: command not found
Why is "mydiff" not available through SSH? Thank you