My Shell Aliases

Everyone has their favourite aliases for git and the shell. I have written about my git aliases before but not my shell aliases.

My Git Aliases

Nick Taylor ・ Aug 25 '18

#git #productivity #developertools

It is not a long list, but I have some that I find useful that you may find useful as well. Currently, my preferred shell is zsh. Here is what I currently have in my config.

alias rimraf='rm -rf'
alias flushdns='sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder'
alias zshconfig='vi ~/.zshrc'
alias nr='npm run'
alias ni='npm i'
alias y='yarn'
alias story='yarn storybook'
alias code='code-insiders'
alias tw='yarn test:watch'
alias '$'=''
alias zshconfig='vi ~/.zshrc'

What's in your shell aliases?

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Comments

[Nick Taylor]

If you're wondering what Edge doing in there, I decided to take it for a spin for the next little while as it is a new browser on the block.

Nick Taylor

@nickytonline

Trying out the @MicrosoftEdge beta for the next couple of weeks. Got all my extensions installed and bookmarks imported. Let's see how she goes.

01:23 AM - 06 Oct 2019

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It is Chromium-based, so I expect it to pretty much behave like Chrome, and Brave, another browser I was using. I am still curious what will make someone grab one Chromium browser over the other. I wrote about it here.

The Chromium Browser Wars

Nick Taylor ・ May 21 ・ 2 min read

#chromium #browsers #browserwars #discuss

I think in the case of Edge, most people that get new PC laptops/desktops will probably just go with it unless they are already a die hard Chrome fan, but we will see.

[Ben Lovy]

alias y='yarn' # I am lazy, one character FTW. YOLO

Hell yes. I still haven't outgrown my Gentoo phase, so I update with u:

alias eup='sudo emerge -avtuDN --with-bdeps=y --keep-going @world'
alias u='sudo eix-sync && eup'

On my aging laptop running Void:

alias u='sudo xbps-install -Su'

There's also this monstrosity for building a new kernel in /root/.bashrc:

alias dokern='cd /usr/src/linux && mount /boot && make clean && make distclean && make mrproper && zcat /proc/config.gz > .config && make -j12 && make modules_install && make install && grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg && emerge -avt @module-rebuild && umount /boot && cd -'

I'm not even sorry. I had a similar line for cleaning up artifacts from an old kernel but it got gross enough to merit its own script.

In a similar vein to eup for emerge, there's Rust and OCaml toolchains:

alias oup='opam update && opam upgrade'
alias rup='rustup update && cargo install-update -a'

[Jeff Shomali]

lias chrome= should be alias chrome.

[Nick Taylor]

I use g for git as well. 🔥 I updated the post. I must have missed that line as I was only copying part of my .zshrc file. 🙃

[Ben Sinclair]

zshconfig saves one character from vi ~/.zshrc at the expense of having a command that only works on your own systems.

That edge one makes sense, though.

[Anwar]

Ubuntu update on demand:

alias UPDATE='sudo apt -y update && sudo apt -y upgrade && sudo apt -y full-upgrade && sudo apt -y autoremove && sudo apt clean'

Open this alias file (I use Visual Studio Code, hence the code):

alias OPENALIAS='code $HOME/.bash_aliases &'

Load aliases:

alias LOADBASHRC='source ~/.bashrc'

[Vicente G. Reyes]

Here's mine

alias cookiecutter="cookiecutter https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django"
alias python="python3"
alias pip="pip3"
alias run="python manage.py runserver"
alias make="python manage.py makemigrations"
alias migrate="python manage.py migrate"
alias run_environ='source env/bin/activate'

[Abhinav Kulshreshtha]

I don't believe in one character aliases. I utilize tabs to reduce keystrokes. My aliases are some per-configuration for tools. And some personalized tools are prefixed with fl_ or with flp_

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Aliases for windows like functionality
#-------------------------------------------------------------

alias cmd="gnome-terminal"
alias cd..="cd .."
alias md="mkdir -p"
alias cls="clear"
alias ipconfig="ifconfig"
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Aliases for sane functionality
#-------------------------------------------------------------

alias rm="rm -rf --preserve-root"
alias lla="ls -la --color=auto"
alias lsd="ls -d */ --color=auto"
alias lld="ls -ld */ --color=auto"
alias llf="ls -al --color=auto | grep '^[-l]'"
alias lsf="ls -a --color=auto | grep '^[-l]'"
alias cd-="cd -"
alias cd~="cd ~"
alias cdd="cd -P"


#-------------------------------------------------------------
# App Specific Aliases 
#-------------------------------------------------------------

#  Youtube-dl - dnf install youtube-dl ffmpeg ffmpeg-libs

alias youtube-dl-mp3="youtube-dl -x --audio-format mp3 "
alias youtube-dl-playlist="youtube-dl -cio '%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s' "

# Hub - https://hub.github.com/
alias git="hub"

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Simple docker 
#-------------------------------------------------------------


# Remove all the <none> images. Even though it is not recommended.
alias fl_docker_remove_dangling='docker rmi $(docker images -f dangling=true -q)'

# Stop all running docker containers.
alias fl_docker_stop_all='docker stop $(docker ps -aq)'

# Kill all running containers.
alias fl_docker_kill_containers='docker kill $(docker ps -q)'

# Delete all stopped containers: 'docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)'
alias fl_docker_clean_containers='docker container prune'

# Delete all saved images:  'docker rmi $(docker images -q)'
alias fl_docker_clean_images='docker image prune'

# Delete all containers and images
alias fl_docker_clean_all='docker system prune'

# Restart all containers
alias fl_docker_restart_all='docker restart $(docker ps -a -q)'

# Start all stopped containers:
alias fl_docker_restart_stopped='docker start $(docker ps -a -q -f status=exited)'



#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Better progressbar in axel 
#-------------------------------------------------------------

alias axel="axel -d"

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Mimic the behavior of Mac Open Command while preserving the 
# errors generated.
#   N.B.  Replaced by much more roubust open function.
#-------------------------------------------------------------

#alias open="xdg-open &>$HOME/.xsession-errors"

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Search History.
#   Usage: histg <keyword>
#-------------------------------------------------------------

alias histg="history | grep"

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Show which applications are connecting to the network.
#-------------------------------------------------------------

alias listen="lsof -P -i -n" 

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Show the active ports
#-------------------------------------------------------------

alias show-port='netstat -tulanp'

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Ubuntu like update-grub command.
#-------------------------------------------------------------

alias update-grub='sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg'

[Abhinav Kulshreshtha]

I also have some utility functions like

backup() { cp "$1"{,.bak};} 
mcd() {   [ -n "$1" ] && mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$1";   }
psx() { ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep "$@"; }function psx() { ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep "$@"; }

pskill(){
    ps aux | grep "$1" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2;}' | while read p; do kill -9 $p; done
}


extract() { 
    if [ -f $1 ] ; then 
      case $1 in 
        *.tar.bz2)   tar xjf $1     ;; 
        *.tar.gz)    tar xzf $1     ;; 
        *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1     ;; 
        *.rar)       unrar e $1     ;; 
        *.gz)        gunzip $1      ;; 
        *.tar)       tar xf $1      ;; 
        *.tbz2)      tar xjf $1     ;; 
        *.tgz)       tar xzf $1     ;; 
        *.zip)       unzip $1       ;; 
        *.Z)         uncompress $1  ;; 
        *.7z)        7z x $1        ;; 
        *)     echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via extract()" ;; 
         esac 
     else 
         echo "'$1' is not a valid file" 
     fi 
}

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Mimic the behavior of Mac Open Command while preserving the 
# errors generated
#-------------------------------------------------------------

open() {
    if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    then    
        xdg-open .;
    else
        xdg-open "$@" &>/home/Abhinav/.xsession-errors;
    fi
}

[Mitch Stanley]

My Bash Equivalent aliases

alias cpsh='cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy' # copy ssh key to clipboard (macOS)
alias ef='nvim ~/.config/fish/config.fish' # open fish config
alias eh='sudo nvim /private/etc/hosts' # edit hosts file
alias esh='nvim ~/.ssh/config' # edit SSH config
alias ev='nvim ~/.vimrc' # Edit vim config
alias serve='ruby -run -ehttpd . -p8000' # Quick static web server in current directory
alias whatsmyip='curl ifconfig.co' # Get my IP address

# Time warrior functions, these are all for time tracking with Time Warrior
alias tsi='timew summary :ids'
alias tsl='timew summary :lastweek :ids'
alias tsw='timew summary :week :ids'

My Fish functions (What fish uses instead of Alias)

# copy ssh key to clipboard (macOS)
function cpsh
    cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy
end

# open fish config
function ef
    nvim ~/.config/fish/config.fish
end

# edit hosts file
function eh
    sudo nvim /private/etc/hosts
end

# edit SSH config
function esh
    nvim ~/.ssh/config
end

# Edit vim config
function ev
    nvim ~/.vimrc
end

# Quick static web server in current directory
function serve
    ruby -run -ehttpd . -p8000
end

# Time warrior functions, these are all for time tracking with Time Warrior
function tsi
    timew summary :ids
end

function tsl
    timew summary :lastweek :ids
end

function tsw
    timew summary :week :ids
end

# Get my IP address
function whatsmyip
    curl ifconfig.co
end

[Heiker]

Why not?

alias -- -='cd -'

alias cp="cp -i"
alias df='df -h'

# alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias ls='exa'
alias grep='grep --colour=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --colour=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --colour=auto'

alias np="pnpm"
alias npr="pnpm run"

alias lzg="lazygit"

alias ta="tmux attach -t"
alias ts="tmux new-session -s"
alias tl="tmux list-sessions"
alias tmus='tmux new-session -A -D -s music "$(which cmus)"'

alias pomd='tmux new-session -A -D -s pomodoro'
alias pmd-start='pomd gone -e "notify-send -u critical Pomodoro Timeout"'

alias vi-s="nvim -S Session.vim"

alias dcc="docker-compose"

alias doc-start="systemctl start docker"
alias doc-ls="docker ps -a"

# alias la='ls -lAh'
alias la='exa --git --header --long --all'

alias yt="youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best[height<=720]'"
alias dot='yadm'