command line aliases to make repeated processes quicker. I’ve used them in the past and on specific programs but never on command line utilities.

like for instance with Debian, I’m repeatedly typing sudo apt-get install, so I aliased it: alias sagi=“sudo apt-get install” and it works pretty good.

Are there any best practices or aliases to avoid when using them? Other than known commands obviously. Are there popular alias lists out there?

  • macattack@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’ve got a ton, most are already listed or along the same vein.

    The two suggestions I have are not actual aliases but worth remembering:

    • Ctrl + Alt + E - turn your alias into its original command
    • \ - Place before your alias to run the original command’s meaning. Useful if you overwrite a default command (overwriting default commands is not recommended though… often the alias will ignore any options passed through and so let’s say you overwrite rm with another app that deletes files, then you forget that, and then try to delete some files using rm-i to get a prompt for each removed file. Often the alias will just operate as normal w/o a prompt saying that it ignored -i completely)
  • verstra@programming.devEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I use a few, but this one is the best and most used:

    gg = "git log --branches --remotes --tags --graph --pretty='%C(yellow)%h %C(cyan)%cd %Cblue%aN%C(auto)%d %Creset%s' --date=relative";
  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I don’t know about your other questions but here’s my current list of aliases:

    • g: git, also several git aliases in my global gitconfig, so I can type “g s” for git status e.g.
    • y: yarn
    • b: bun
    • fu: flatpak update
    • cu: checkupdates
    • lg: lazygit
    • n: nnn
    • e: kak
    • shutup: an hdparm incantation to spin down my noisy hard drive.

    Also various forms of ls, like ll, la, just l, etc. (I made ls a function wrapping eza in fish shell as well. I like eza over standard ls.)

  • kometes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    alias more=“less -cX”
    alias moer=more
    alias meor=more
    alias meor=more
    alias mroe=more
    alias More=more

    alias grpe=grep
    alias gerp=grep
    alias gpre=grep

    • model_tar_gz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      In a big fan of the ‘fuck’ package for this. Try it out. Sudo apt install thefuck.

      edit: oops got the name wrong; been a while since I installed it. Fuck.

  • gmhh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Some of these demand that the terminal you use them with is kitty:

    alias ipc='curl icanhazip.com'
# btop is *pretty* bloat!
alias htop='btop'
# I'm kinda proud of this oneliner. It's pointless, but it was fun. It displays a random square image when you run
# neofetch rather than the default ansi art
alias neofetch='filarr=(~/Media/Images/1x1/*.*) && fil=${filarr[$RANDOM % ${#filarr[@]}]} && neofetch --kitty $fil' 
# comics are an important part of my life
alias gd='cd ~ ; gallery-dl'
alias gde="cd ~ ; gallery-dl --chapter-filter 'lang == (\"en\")'"
alias yd='yt-dlp --sub-langs all --embed-subs --embed-chapters --progress --paths home:~/Downloads'
alias subl="/opt/sublime_text/sublime_text"
#exa is currently unmaintained. eza is a maintained fork. It installs a link to exa, but...
alias ls="eza --icons --hyperlink --group-directories-first --git"
alias lsblkv="lsblk -o \"NAME,KNAME,SIZE,TYPE,VENDOR,MODEL,MOUNTPOINT\""
alias icat="kitty +kitten icat"
alias mem="grep -e Dirty: /proc/meminfo; grep -e Writeback: /proc/meminfo"
alias flush="sync"
alias links="links https://www.duckduckgo.com"
alias q="qalc"
alias hf="history 1 | fzf"
# tile the first two kitty windows and resize all kitty windows to 915x945, redirecting any errors to /dev/null
alias tk="xdotool search --class kitty windowmove %1 30 105 windowmove %2 975 105 windowsize %@ 915 945 2>/dev/null"
# only ask for password once on long updates
alias yay="yay --sudoloop"