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SHARE WITH THE CLASS: What aliases are you using?

From bash to zsh and everywhere in between, show me yours and I'll show you mines. Inspire others or get some feedback.

Simply copy & paste the output of alias in your terminal or add some comments to explain things for others.

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macallik OP ,

Some random ones I created over the last week or so:

alias clipboard='xclip -selection clipboard' # Allows me to pipe output directly to my keyboard. good for pwd for example.

Function allows me to get tldr and cheat responses to commands quickly
function cht() {
curl cheat.sh/$1
}

Easy calculator so that I can do math w/o launching a specific app
function calc() {
echo "scale=3; $@" | bc
}

gamma ,
@gamma@programming.dev avatar

(NOTE: A lot of my more interesting “aliases” are actually short functions, but I’m keeping myself to alias.)

Some of mine that I haven’t seen yet:


<span style="color:#323232;"># Simple python calculator
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pycalc='python3 -ic "
</span><span style="color:#323232;">from math import *nimport cmath as C
</span><span style="color:#323232;">try:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    import numpy as np
</span><span style="color:#323232;">except:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    pass
</span><span style="color:#323232;">i, j = 1j, 1j
</span><span style="color:#323232;">"'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Defaults
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias cp='cp --interactive --reflink=auto'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias gcc='gcc -fdiagnostics-color=auto'
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Lemmy doesn't handle ampersands in codeblocks correctly
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias rg='rg --max-columns=$((COLUMNS > 60 &amp;&amp; ! ZSH_SUBSHELL ? COLUMNS - 30 : 0))'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias rj='rg --json'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias rm='rm -s'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias rscp='rsync -azP --human-readable --info=flist0,progress2,stats1'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias rust-c='rustc --out-dir build -O'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Shorter forms
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias g=git
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias v=$VISUAL
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias py=python
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias jfeu='journalctl --user -xfeu'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias sys='systemctl --user'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias Jfeu='journalctl -xfeu'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias Sys=systemctl
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Desktop stuff
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias trash='gio trash'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ud=udisksctl
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias y=wl-copy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias Y='wl-copy -p'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias p=wl-paste
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias P='wl-paste -p'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Colorize with acolor/grc
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias GRC='grc -es'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias LA='acol ls -lFAhb --color'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias LS='acol ls -lFhb --color'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias df='GRC df -hT'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias dig='GRC dig'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias docker='GRC docker'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias docker-machine='GRC docker-machine'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias env='acol env'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias lsblk='acol lsblk'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias lsmount='command mount | rg --color=never "^/" | acol -i -o mount'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias lspci='acol lspci'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias mount='acol mount'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias nmap='acol nmap'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ping='GRC ping'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ps='GRC ps --columns $COLUMNS'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias traceroute='GRC traceroute'
</span>
mojo ,

alias upgrade=“sudo dnf upgrade --yes &amp;&amp; flatpak update &amp;&amp; flatpak remove --unused”

Or something like that, also a dnf remove unused command in there. Writing this from my phone so might be written wrong.

turing_spider574 ,

alias nano=‘nano -l’

my only one, to have line numbers when searching for errors in log files

Exec ,
@Exec@pawb.social avatar

Copying multiple lines will be more difficult. You can use Ctrl+C to display the current position, use page up/down for coarse navigation.

craigevil ,
@craigevil@lemmy.ml avatar

A bit long, but here goes:

Start gomuks Matrix Client

alias gomuks=/home/craig/.local/bin/gomuks-linux-arm64

walk: Terminal File Manager

github.com/antonmedv/walk

alias walk=“walk --icons"

Weather:github.com/chubin/wttr.in

alias weather=”/home/craig/.local/bin/weather.sh"

Onelinershell github.com/Onelinerhub/shellhub

alias oh="/home/craig/.local/bin/oh.sh"

Show open ports

alias ports='sudo netstat -tulanp’

Refresh .bashrc

alias bashrc="source ~/.bashrc"

become root

alias root=‘sudo -i’ alias su='sudo su’

Fix which

alias which='command -v’

APT User Commands

alias search=‘apt search’ alias file=‘apt-file search’ alias policy=‘apt policy’ alias show="nala show"

if user is not root, pass all commands via sudo

if [ $UID -ne 0 ]; then alias update=‘sudo apt update’ alias ainstall=‘sudo apt install’ alias apurge=‘sudo apt purge -y --autoremove’ alias upgrade=‘sudo nala upgrade’ alias aremove=‘sudo apt autoremove -y’ alias clean=‘sudo nala clean’ alias reboot=‘sudo reboot’ alias shutdown=“sudo shutdown -P now” fi

Handy-dandy aliases for journalctl and systemctl

alias jc=‘sudo journalctl -b’ alias jca=‘sudo journalctl’ alias jcf=‘sudo journalctl -f’ alias jcr=‘sudo journalctl --list-boots’ alias sc='sudo systemctl’

Making files immortal & executable

alias im+=“sudo chattr +i” alias im-=“sudo chattr -i” alias exe=“sudo chmod +x”

safety nets

do not delete / or prompt if deleting more than 3 files at a time

alias rm='rm -I --preserve-root’

confirmation

alias mv=‘mv -i’ alias cp=‘cp -i’ alias ln='ln -i’

Parenting changing perms on /

alias chown=‘chown --preserve-root’ alias chmod=‘chmod --preserve-root’ alias chgrp='chgrp --preserve-root’

copy the current working directory to the clipboard

alias cpwd='pwd | xclip -selection clipboard’

Clipboard

alias cpy="xclip -selection clipboard"

quick directory movement

alias …=‘cd …’ alias …=‘cd …/…’ alias …='cd …/…/…'

go to the last directory you were in

alias back='cd $OLDPWD’

quickly find files and directory

alias ff=‘find . -type f -name’ alias fd='find . -type d -name’

Create Python virtual environment

alias ve=‘python3 -m venv ./venv’ alias va='source ./venv/bin/activate’

Ping Commands

Stop after sending count ECHO_REQUEST packets

alias ping=‘ping -c 5’ alias pg="ping google.com -c 5"

alias shortcuts

alias rpi=“sudo rpi-update” alias rpi-next=“sudo BRANCH=next rpi-update” alias raspi=“sudo raspi-config” alias clr=“clear” alias clrh=“history -c -w ~/.bash_history” alias df=‘df -H’ alias du=‘du -ch’ alias mk=“mkdir -p” alias loading="sudo dmesg > ~/dmesg.txt"

ls Commands

Colorize the ls output and human readable sizes

alias ls='ls --color=auto --human-readable -al’

Use a long listing format

alias ll='ls -la’

Show hidden files

alias l.='ls -d .* --color=auto’

Listing files in folder

alias listkb=“ls -l --block-size=K” alias listmb="ls -l --block-size=M"

Colorize the grep command output for ease of use (good for log files)##

alias grep=‘grep --color=auto’ alias egrep=‘egrep --color=auto’ alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto’

Colorize diff output

alias diff='colordiff’

Start calculator with math support

alias bc="bc -l"

Resume wget by default

alias wget="wget -c"

ps Commands

alias ps="ps auxf"

Get top process eating cpu

alias pscpu=“ps auxf | sort -nr -k 3” alias pscpu10="ps auxf | sort -nr -k 3 | head -10"

Get top process eating memory

alias psmem=‘ps auxf | sort -nr -k 4’ alias psmem10='ps auxf | sort -nr -k 4 | head -10’

Free and Used Ram

alias meminfo=‘free -l’ alias free='free -mt’

Run top in alternate screen

alias top=‘tput smcup; top; tput rmcup’

aes ,

i wanna see u try use a vanilla profile

megane_kun ,

The struggle I sometimes face when I SSH into somewhere, lol! Fortunately, there’s a lot of differences that it’s easy realize that “this is a different machine”, and I just open a different terminal tab/window to look up the pure command versions if I need to.

milkjug ,
@milkjug@beehaw.org avatar

I’m a simple man. I do simple things. I replace df, ls and top with more modern alternatives. Courtesy of this list.


<span style="color:#323232;">alias df="duf"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ls="eza --group-directories-first --long --group --sort=ext --icons --all"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias top="btm"
</span>
SGHFan ,
@SGHFan@lemdro.id avatar

Call me weird, I don’t have any.

d00phy ,

Me either. I do a lot of initial setup for customer sites. Don’t want to get too used to customized shells or tmux.

flying_wotsit ,

here we go, in no particular order:


<span style="color:#323232;">claer=clear
</span><span style="color:#323232;">gvim='nvim +Gclog +Git'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">vim=nvim
</span><span style="color:#323232;">vi=/usr/bin/vim
</span><span style="color:#323232;">v=/usr/bin/vi
</span><span style="color:#323232;">glog='git log --oneline --graph --all'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">rcp='rsync -r --info=progress2 --partial'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">d0='du -h --max-depth 0'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">d1='du -h --max-depth 1'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">ls='ls --time-style=long-iso --color=tty'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">icat=chafa
</span><span style="color:#323232;">ssh='TERM=xterm-256color ssh' # (kitty messes with TERM)
</span>
lenathaw ,

I’m stealing claer

Pssk ,
@Pssk@lemmy.ml avatar

control+l is much easier

flying_wotsit ,

I can’t spell when typing fast :P

ExLisper ,

So I’ve checked and…


<span style="color:#323232;">alias la='ls -a'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias mplayer='mplayer -noautosub -alang en'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ll='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lh'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias l='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lAa'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias x='startx'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ekgi='ekg -i'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias glinks='links2 -g'
</span>

My god, this must be in my .bashrc since forever. I mean… links2? ekg? startx? It’s like archeology.

I will keep it there for future historians.

deo ,

I will keep it there for future historians.

great, now i have spit coffee all over the place. thanks for the laugh!

backhdlp ,
@backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Don’t really organize my aliases after making them, so this might be a mess.


<span style="color:#323232;">##################
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#   ~/.aliases   #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">##################
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Colours
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-GREEN='tput setaf 2'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-RED='tput setaf 1'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-CYAN='tput setaf 78'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-PURPLE='tput setaf 128'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#alias color-BLUE='tput setaf 4'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-RESET='tput sgr0'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-LIGHT_PURPLE='tput setaf 5'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-LIGHT_BLUE='tput setaf 12'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-TEXT='tput setaf 15'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias color-HIDDEN='tput setaf 236'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># don't set a shutdown timer
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias shutdown='shutdown now'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># grep
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias grep='grep --color=auto'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pgrep='pgrep -l'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># package manager
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pacman='sudo pacman --color=auto'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias paru='paru --color=auto'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># ls
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ls='eza -aMF --hyperlink --group-directories-first --icons --color=auto'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ll='eza -alhMF@ --hyperlink --group-directories-first --icons --color=auto --color-scale'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias lg='eza -alhMF@ --hyperlink --group-directories-first --icons --git --git-repos --git-ignore --color=auto --color-scale'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># confirm before overwriting
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias cp='cp -i'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias mv='mv -i'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias rm='rm -i'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># update grub.cfg
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias grub-update='sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># update function
</span><span style="color:#323232;">u() {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	# update distro specific packages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	if command -v pacman &amp;> /dev/null
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	then
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		# update pacman packages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		printf "n[Update] Updating Standard Packages:nn"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		sudo pacman -Syu --color=auto
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		# update aur packages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		if command -v paru &amp;> /dev/null
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		then
</span><span style="color:#323232;">			printf "n[Uodate] Updating AUR Packages:nn"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">			paru -Sau --color=auto
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		fi
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	elif command -v apt &amp;> /dev/null
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> 	then
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		# update apt packages
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		printf "n[Update] Updating Standard Packages:nn"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		sudo apt-get update
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		sudo apt-get upgrade
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	fi
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	# update flatpaks
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	if command -v flatpak &amp;> /dev/null
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	then
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		printf "n[Update] Updating flatpaks:nn"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">		flatpak update
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	fi
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	# todo:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	# - update grub
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	# - source shell config
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	printf "n[Update] Donen"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># view metadata
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias meta='exiftool'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># makepkg dependencies and install
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias makepkg='makepkg -si'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># git
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias gc='git clone'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># quick probe
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias probe='sudo -E hw-probe -all -upload -show -verbose'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># shorten pacman commands
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pm='pacman'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pms='pm -Syu'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pmr='pm -Rns'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pmq='pm -Q'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pmu='pm -U'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pmd='sudo downgrade'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pmc='sudo paccache'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># rm pacman lock
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias rmpml='sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># quick access to configs
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias brc='$EDITOR ~/.bashrc'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias bash='exec bash'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias zrc='$EDITOR ~/.zshrc'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias zsh='exec zsh'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias alia='$EDITOR ~/.aliases'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias expo='$EDITOR ~/.exports'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias swayc='$EDITOR ~/.config/sway/config'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#alias alac-conf='$EDITOR ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias starc='$EDITOR ~/.config/starship.toml'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias kittc='$EDITOR ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias nvimc='$EDITOR ~/.config/nvim/init.vim'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># alias fetch scripts with hyfetch during pride month
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[[ $(date +'%b') == "Jun" ]] &amp;&amp; alias neofetch='hyfetch -b neofetch'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">[[ $(date +'%b') == "Jun" ]] &amp;&amp; alias fastfetch='hyfetch -b fastfetch'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># use fastfetch backend for hyfetch
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias hyfetch='hyfetch -b fastfetch'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># add sudo
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias docker='sudo docker'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias systemctl='sudo systemctl'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># systemd
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias sc='systemctl'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias sce='sc enable'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias scd='sc disable'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias scs='sc start'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias scu='sc stop' # the u comes from unset
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias scr='sc restart'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># yt-dlp
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ytm='yt-dlp -x -o "~/Music/%(title)s.%(ext)s" --add-metadata --embed-thumbnail --audio-quality 0'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ytv='yt-dlp -o "~/Videos/%(title)s.%(ext)s" --add-metadata --embed-thumbnail --embed-subs --embed-chapters'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># edit quicker
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias e='$EDITOR'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias se='sudoedit'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># ryujinx (created by pinejinx)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ryu="AMD_DEBUG=w32ge,w32cs,nohyperz,nofmask glsl_zero_init=true radeonsi_clamp_div_by_zero=true force_integer_tex_nearest=true mesa_glthread=false vblank_mode=0 RADV_PERFTEST=bolist gamemoderun DOTNET_EnableAlternateStackCheck=1 GDK_BACKEND=x11 /home/luna/.local/share/Ryujinx/Ryujinx"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># Vencord
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias inven="sudo VencordInstallerCli-linux -install &amp;&amp; sudo VencordInstallerCli-linux -install-openasar"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias unven="sudo VencordInstallerCli-linux -uninstall &amp;&amp; sudo VencordInstallerCli-linux -uninstall-openasar"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># bun > npm
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias npm='bun'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># replace cat
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias cat='bat'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># sudo
</span><span style="color:#323232;">alias s='sudo'
</span>
macallik OP ,

Gonna steal/repurpose the shutdown one, use the "sudo docker" = "docker" one and also the grub one. Good lord @ all the configs you edit lol.

reddit_sux ,

I agree pms is a pain especially if it is delayed for more than a month.

learnbyexample ,
@learnbyexample@programming.dev avatar 

<span style="color:#62a35c;">alias </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">a</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'alias'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a c=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'clear'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a p=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'pwd'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a e=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'exit'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a q=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'exit'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a h=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'history | tail -n20'
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># turn off history, use 'set -o history' to turn it on again
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a so=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'set +o history'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a b1=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'cd ../'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a b2=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'cd ../../'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a b3=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'cd ../../../'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a b4=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'cd ../../../../'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a b5=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'cd ../../../../../'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a ls=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'ls --color=auto'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a l=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'ls -ltrhG'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a la=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'l -A'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a vi=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'gvim'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a grep=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'grep --color=auto'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># open and source aliases
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a oa=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'vi ~/.bash_aliases'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a sa=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'source ~/.bash_aliases'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># sort file/directory sizes in current directory in human readable format
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a s=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'du -sh -- * | sort -h'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># save last command from history to a file
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># tip, add a comment to end of command before saving, ex: ls --color=auto # colored ls output
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a sl=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'fc -ln -1 | sed "s/^s*//" >> ~/.saved_commands.txt'
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># short-cut to grep that file
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a slg=</span><span style="color:#183691;">'&lt; ~/.saved_commands.txt grep'
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># change ascii alphabets to unicode bold characters
</span><span style="color:#323232;">a ascii2bold=</span><span style="color:#183691;">"perl -Mopen=locale -Mutf8 -pe 'tr/a-zA-Z/𝗮-𝘇𝗔-𝗭/'"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;">### functions
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># 'command help' for command name and single option - ex: ch ls -A
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># see https://github.com/learnbyexample/command_help for a better script version
</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">ch</span><span style="color:#323232;">() { whatis $1</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">; </span><span style="color:#323232;">man $1 </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">| </span><span style="color:#323232;">sed -n </span><span style="color:#183691;">"/^s*$</span><span style="color:#323232;">2</span><span style="color:#183691;">/,/^$/p" </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">; </span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># add path to filename(s)
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># usage: ap file1 file2 etc
</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">ap</span><span style="color:#323232;">() { </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">for</span><span style="color:#323232;"> f </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">in </span><span style="color:#183691;">"$</span><span style="color:#323232;">@</span><span style="color:#183691;">"</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">; do </span><span style="color:#62a35c;">echo </span><span style="color:#183691;">"$</span><span style="color:#323232;">PWD</span><span style="color:#183691;">/$</span><span style="color:#323232;">f</span><span style="color:#183691;">"</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">; done; </span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># simple case-insensitive file search based on name
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># usage: fs name
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># remove '-type f' if you want to match directories as well
</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">fs</span><span style="color:#323232;">() { find -type f -iname </span><span style="color:#183691;">'*'"$</span><span style="color:#323232;">1</span><span style="color:#183691;">"'*' </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">; </span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># open files with default application, don't print output/error messages
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># useful for opening docs, pdfs, images, etc from command line
</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">o</span><span style="color:#323232;">() { xdg-open </span><span style="color:#183691;">"$</span><span style="color:#323232;">@</span><span style="color:#183691;">" </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">&</span><span style="color:#323232;">amp</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">;></span><span style="color:#323232;"> /dev/null </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">; </span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># if unix2dos and dos2unix commands aren't available by default
</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">unix2dos</span><span style="color:#323232;">() { sed -i </span><span style="color:#183691;">'s/$/r/' "$</span><span style="color:#323232;">@</span><span style="color:#183691;">" </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">; </span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">dos2unix</span><span style="color:#323232;">() { sed -i </span><span style="color:#183691;">'s/r$//' "$</span><span style="color:#323232;">@</span><span style="color:#183691;">" </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">; </span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span>
noughtnaut ,

What do you use the ascii to bold function for?

learnbyexample ,
@learnbyexample@programming.dev avatar

I used to use it for posting on Twitter, with some keywords (like book title) in bold.

mysticallego ,

My favorite one: alias upgrate=“sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade”

macallik OP ,

ahhh a pormanteau lol, I like it

darcy ,
@darcy@sh.itjust.works avatar

vim grindset 💪


<span style="color:#62a35c;">alias </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">q</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">=</span><span style="color:#183691;">exit
</span><span style="color:#62a35c;">alias </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">:q</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">=</span><span style="color:#183691;">exit
</span><span style="color:#62a35c;">alias </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#795da3;">:wq</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">=</span><span style="color:#183691;">exit
</span>
PseudoSpock ,
@PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

alias .=exit

gamma ,
@gamma@programming.dev avatar

That would make my shell unusable, since some plugins use ./source.

PseudoSpock ,
@PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

./ and . Are two different things to your shell

gamma ,
@gamma@programming.dev avatar

I know; I’m not talking about ./. I put the slash outside the inline codeblock in the parent comment.

My shell is setup with a chdir hook to [[ -r. /.autoenv.zsh ]] &amp;&amp; . ./.autoenv.zsh.

(Edit: Jerboa is bugged with “&” in codeblocks, that should be a “&&”, not &amp;&amp;)

PseudoSpock ,
@PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Ah, ok. For me it was an alias common in the university labs back on Ultrix. Became a habit way back then.

alper_celik ,

I have :q to exit too since i was trying to exit shell with :q. I guess (n)vim users cant exit their shells :)

darcy ,
@darcy@sh.itjust.works avatar

we spent so much time learning to exit vim, we forgot how to exit shell 😔

Krafting ,
@Krafting@lemmy.world avatar

ussr

For connecting as root with a private key on my main server named Undine Sous Speed.

macallik OP ,

The best alliases are little inside jokes that are easy to remember imo

Klaymore ,
@Klaymore@sh.itjust.works avatar

github.com/K1aymore/Nixos-Config/…/aliases.nix

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