(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:

# Simple python calculator
alias pycalc='python3 -ic "
from math import *\nimport cmath as C
try:
    import numpy as np
except:
    pass
i, j = 1j, 1j
"'

# Defaults
alias cp='cp --interactive --reflink=auto'
alias gcc='gcc -fdiagnostics-color=auto'
# Lemmy doesn't handle ampersands in codeblocks correctly
alias rg='rg --max-columns=$((COLUMNS > 60 && ! ZSH_SUBSHELL ? COLUMNS - 30 : 0))'
alias rj='rg --json'
alias rm='rm -s'
alias rscp='rsync -azP --human-readable --info=flist0,progress2,stats1'
alias rust-c='rustc --out-dir build -O'

# Shorter forms
alias g=git
alias v=$VISUAL
alias py=python
alias jfeu='journalctl --user -xfeu'
alias sys='systemctl --user'
alias Jfeu='journalctl -xfeu'
alias Sys=systemctl

# Desktop stuff
alias trash='gio trash'
alias ud=udisksctl
alias y=wl-copy
alias Y='wl-copy -p'
alias p=wl-paste
alias P='wl-paste -p'

# Colorize with acolor/grc
alias GRC='grc -es'
alias LA='acol ls -lFAhb --color'
alias LS='acol ls -lFhb --color'
alias df='GRC df -hT'
alias dig='GRC dig'
alias docker='GRC docker'
alias docker-machine='GRC docker-machine'
alias env='acol env'
alias lsblk='acol lsblk'
alias lsmount='command mount | rg --color=never "^/" | acol -i -o mount'
alias lspci='acol lspci'
alias mount='acol mount'
alias nmap='acol nmap'
alias ping='GRC ping'
alias ps='GRC ps --columns $COLUMNS'
alias traceroute='GRC traceroute'

I rawdog every single command, I use no aliases at all.

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

So I’ve checked and…

alias la='ls -a'
alias mplayer='mplayer -noautosub -alang en'
alias ll='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lh'
alias l='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lAa'
alias x='startx'
alias ekgi='ekg -i'
alias glinks='links2 -g'

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.

I Alias “sudo !!” with “plz”

vim grindset 💪

alias q=exit
alias :q=exit
alias :wq=exit

alias upgrade="sudo dnf upgrade --yes && flatpak update && 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.

A different way to do the usual ..="cd .." and endless chains of ...="cd ../.." types of aliases:

bash/ksh version:

..() {
    local count="${1:-1}"
    local path="../"
    while (( --count > 0 )); do
        path="$path../"
    done
    cd -- "$path"
}

zsh single-line version:

..() { cd $(printf "../%.s" {1..${1:-1}}) }

These take the number of directories that you want to move up as an argument (e.g. .. 3), otherwise they move you up one directory when used with no arguments.

alias nano='nano -l'

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

Here ya go

Discussion and suggestions welcome :)

here we go, in no particular order:

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

A bit long, but here goes:

Start gomuks Matrix Client

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

walk: Terminal File Manager

https://github.com/antonmedv/walk

alias walk=“walk --icons”

Weather:https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in

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

Onelinershell https://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”

#Add 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’

Call me weird, I don’t have any.

alias ls='ls --time-style=long-iso'
alias la='ls -alh'
alias ncdu='ncdu --color=off'
alias wttr='curl wttr.in/?T0'
alias vim='vimx'
alias ipinfo='curl ipinfo.io --no-progress-meter | jq "del(.readme)"'
alias pp="pkill -SIGSTOP -f "
alias pc="pkill -SIGCONT -f "

(Bash-Specific)

App-Specific

alias battery='upower -i $(upower -e | grep 'BAT') | grep -E "state|to\ full|percentage"' # Get the battery level of my laptop server when I ssh into it

alias audio="yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3" # Download the audio version of a youtube video

alias wttr="curl wttr.in/Chicago" # Get the weather of my city in the terminal

Terminal Navigation

alias ba2sy="cp ~/.bash_aliases ~/Sync/" # copy my current iteration of my aliases to my shared syncthing folder so that it's accessible across devices

alias sy2ba="cp ~/Sync/.bash_aliases ~/" # replace the current iteration of my aliases w/ the synced version from my syncthing folder

alias mba='micro .bash_aliases' # open my aliases file in the modernized version of 'nano'

alias reload="source ~/.bashrc" # Quickly refresh my system so that the latest alias file is loaded

alias l='exa --group-directories-first -hlras modified --no-user --icons' # exa is a prettier version of ls. Options toggled: Human-readable, long format, reverse output, show hidden files/folders, sort by modified, hide the 'user' column since I'm the only one that uses the computer, and show the icons to make it look fancy```

Replaced Commands

alias cat='batcat --theme=ansi ' # Replace generic output of cat w/ a formatted version. This is bat (batcat in Debian)

alias rm='trash ' # Instead of auto-deleting files, put them in the 'trash' bin for 30 days, then delete.

Server & Docker-related

alias lazy='/home/macallik/.local/bin/lazydocker' # Run Docker

alias pad='ssh MyPad20334' # shorthand to ssh into my server