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”
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’