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, 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; $@" | bc
}
gamma, 
(NOTE: A lot of my more interesting “aliases” are actually short functions, but I’m keeping myself to
alias.)Some of mine that I haven’t seen yet:
<span style="color:#323232;"># Simple python calculator </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias pycalc='python3 -ic " </span><span style="color:#323232;">from math import *nimport cmath as C </span><span style="color:#323232;">try: </span><span style="color:#323232;"> import numpy as np </span><span style="color:#323232;">except: </span><span style="color:#323232;"> pass </span><span style="color:#323232;">i, j = 1j, 1j </span><span style="color:#323232;">"' </span><span style="color:#323232;"> </span><span style="color:#323232;"># Defaults </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias cp='cp --interactive --reflink=auto' </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias gcc='gcc -fdiagnostics-color=auto' </span><span style="color:#323232;"># Lemmy doesn't handle ampersands in codeblocks correctly </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias rg='rg --max-columns=$((COLUMNS > 60 && ! 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 && 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.
turing_spider574,
alias nano=‘nano -l’my only one, to have line numbers when searching for errors in log files
Exec, 
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, 
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”
#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’
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, I’m a simple man. I do simple things. I replace
df,lsandtopwith 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, 
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
flying_wotsit, I can’t spell when typing fast :P
Pssk, 
control+lis much easier
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, 
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 &> /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 &> /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 &> /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 &> /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" ]] && alias neofetch='hyfetch -b neofetch' </span><span style="color:#323232;">[[ $(date +'%b') == "Jun" ]] && alias fastfetch='hyfetch -b fastfetch' </span><span style="color:#323232;"> </span><span style="color:#323232;"># use fastfetch backend for hyfetch </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias hyfetch='hyfetch -b fastfetch' </span><span style="color:#323232;"> </span><span style="color:#323232;"># add sudo </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias docker='sudo docker' </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias systemctl='sudo systemctl' </span><span style="color:#323232;"> </span><span style="color:#323232;"># systemd </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias sc='systemctl' </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias sce='sc enable' </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias scd='sc disable' </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias scs='sc start' </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias scu='sc stop' # the u comes from unset </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias scr='sc restart' </span><span style="color:#323232;"> </span><span style="color:#323232;"># yt-dlp </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ytm='yt-dlp -x -o "~/Music/%(title)s.%(ext)s" --add-metadata --embed-thumbnail --audio-quality 0' </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias ytv='yt-dlp -o "~/Videos/%(title)s.%(ext)s" --add-metadata --embed-thumbnail --embed-subs --embed-chapters' </span><span style="color:#323232;"> </span><span style="color:#323232;"># edit quicker </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias e='$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 && sudo VencordInstallerCli-linux -install-openasar" </span><span style="color:#323232;">alias unven="sudo VencordInstallerCli-linux -uninstall && 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>
reddit_sux, I agree pms is a pain especially if it is delayed for more than a month.
macallik, 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.
learnbyexample, 
<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;">'< ~/.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, 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, ahhh a pormanteau lol, I like it
darcy, 
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>
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, we spent so much time learning to exit vim, we forgot how to exit shell 😔
PseudoSpock, 
alias .=exit
gamma, That would make my shell unusable, since some plugins use
./source.
PseudoSpock, ./ and . Are two different things to your shell
gamma, (edited ) 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 ]] && . ./.autoenv.zsh.(Edit: Jerboa is bugged with “&” in codeblocks, that should be a “&&”, not
&&)
PseudoSpock, Ah, ok. For me it was an alias common in the university labs back on Ultrix. Became a habit way back then.
bobman, Literally none, lol.
Krafting, 
ussrFor connecting as root with a private key on my main server named Undine Sous Speed.
macallik, The best alliases are little inside jokes that are easy to remember imo
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