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

I Alias “sudo !!” with “plz”

vim grindset 💪

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

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 "

I got so much crap gathered throughout the years… some of them I don’t even use, but, here they are:

#!/usr/bin/zsh
# vi: ft=zsh

#############
# zsh aliases
#############

# grep
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
alias zgrep='zgrep --color=auto'

# processes
#alias pss='ps auxww | grep -v grep | grep'   # show all processes with user, hide grep itself
alias top='top -i -e m -E m'                # hide inactive and zombie processes, show ram in MB

# update system
alias p='sudo pacman'
alias pu='paru -Sua --noconfirm'
# clean up
alias pc='sudo pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq) --noconfirm 2>/dev/null; paru -Sccd --noconfirm'

# lvim
alias nvim='lvim'
alias vim='lvim'
alias vi='lvim'
alias v='lvim'

# cpg & mvg
alias cp='/usr/bin/cpg -ig'
alias mv='/usr/bin/mvg -ig'

# other useful ones
alias rm='trash'
alias duu='du -d 1 -h'

# wayland
alias gparted='sudo /bin/env WAYLAND_DISPLAY="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/$WAYLAND_DISPLAY"  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/user/run/0  /usr/sbin/gparted'

# edit configs
alias vcs="$EDITOR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/starship/config.toml"     # starship
alias vca="$EDITOR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml"  # alacritty
alias vct="$EDITOR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf"           # tmux
alias vcv="$EDITOR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim"            # neovim
alias vcl="$EDITOR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lvim/config.lua"          # lunarvim
alias vch="$EDITOR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hypr/hyprland.conf"       # hyprland
alias vcw="$EDITOR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/waybar/config"            # waybar

# edit & source zsh configs
alias scz="source $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc"
alias vcz="$EDITOR $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc && source $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc"
alias vczo="$EDITOR $ZDOTDIR/options && source $ZDOTDIR/options"
alias vczb="$EDITOR $ZDOTDIR/bindkeys && source $ZDOTDIR/bindkeys"
alias vcze="$EDITOR $ZDOTDIR/exports && source $ZDOTDIR/exports"
alias vcza="$EDITOR $ZDOTDIR/aliases && source $ZDOTDIR/aliases"
alias vczc="$EDITOR $ZDOTDIR/completions && source $ZDOTDIR/completions"
alias vczf="$EDITOR $ZDOTDIR/functions && source $ZDOTDIR/functions"

# other cool toys
alias exa='exa --long --header --git --sort=name --group-directories-first'
alias ls='exa'
alias cat='bat -pp'
alias bat='bat --style=full'

# x11
# alias X='startx ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/X11/xinitrc'
# alias XX='~/.screenlayout/home2.sh'
# alias kb='setxkbmap -rules evdev -model pc105 -layout "ro,de" -variant "basic" -option "grp:shift_caps_toggle"'

# tmux
alias tmux="tmux -f $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf"
alias t="tmux new-session -A -s id"

# dmenu stuff
# alias dnm='networkmanager_dmenu'
# alias dbt='dmenu-bluetooth'

# other cli utils
alias pm='pulsemixer'

# locations
alias lab='cd ~/priv/code/lab'
alias own='cd ~/priv/code/own'
alias pixl='aft-mtp-mount ~/priv/pixl'

# cleanup home
alias irssi="irssi --home ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/irssi"
alias svn="svn --config-dir ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/subversion"
alias wget="wget --hsts-file=$XDG_DATA_HOME/wget-hsts"

# dotfiles
alias stowe="sudo stow -d $HOME/.dotfiles/etc/ -t /etc/"

# ansible
alias ansible-vault='EDITOR=lvim ansible-vault'

# acme
alias acme='acme.sh --home "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/acme.sh/'

# vscode
alias code='vscodium --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland'

# time sync
alias synctime='echo "time now:" && date && sudo systemctl stop ntpd && sudo ntpd -gq && sudo systemctl start ntpd && echo "new time:" && date'

# nordvpn
alias nvro='sudo systemctl start nordvpnd && nordvpn c ro && nordvpn whitelist add subnet 10.0.0.0/8 && nordvpn set dns 10.10.10.10'
alias nvdown='nordvpn d && sudo systemctl stop nordvpnd'

# work
alias vpnup='nmcli con up vpn-work --ask'
alias vpndown='nmcli con down vpn-work'
alias vpn='nmcli con down vpn-work; nmcli con up vpn-work --ask'
alias vault-connect='source $HOME/work/secrets/vault.work'
alias terraform-connect='source $HOME/work/secrets/terraform.work'
alias teamsx='killall -15 teams'
alias adm='sudo mount /home/$HOME/work/adm'
alias mongo='ssh -L \*:27777:appserver:27017 jumphost'

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.

What… I didn’t know this was a thing.

So I could make be “sudo gimme-dat-new-new” Instead of “sudo DNF upgrade -y”

ussr

For connecting as root with a private key on my main server named Undine Sous Speed.

alias nano='nano -l'

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

My favorite one: alias upgrate=“sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade”

alias a='alias'

a c='clear'
a p='pwd'
a e='exit'
a q='exit'

a h='history | tail -n20'
# turn off history, use 'set -o history' to turn it on again
a so='set +o history'

a b1='cd ../'
a b2='cd ../../'
a b3='cd ../../../'
a b4='cd ../../../../'
a b5='cd ../../../../../'

a ls='ls --color=auto'
a l='ls -ltrhG'
a la='l -A'
a vi='gvim'
a grep='grep --color=auto'

# open and source aliases
a oa='vi ~/.bash_aliases'
a sa='source ~/.bash_aliases'

# sort file/directory sizes in current directory in human readable format
a s='du -sh -- * | sort -h'

# save last command from history to a file
# tip, add a comment to end of command before saving, ex: ls --color=auto # colored ls output
a sl='fc -ln -1 | sed "s/^\s*//" >> ~/.saved_commands.txt'
# short-cut to grep that file
a slg='< ~/.saved_commands.txt grep'

# change ascii alphabets to unicode bold characters
a ascii2bold="perl -Mopen=locale -Mutf8 -pe 'tr/a-zA-Z/𝗮-𝘇𝗔-𝗭/'"

### functions
# 'command help' for command name and single option - ex: ch ls -A
# see https://github.com/learnbyexample/command_help for a better script version
ch() { whatis $1; man $1 | sed -n "/^\s*$2/,/^$/p" ; }

# add path to filename(s)
# usage: ap file1 file2 etc
ap() { for f in "$@"; do echo "$PWD/$f"; done; }

# simple case-insensitive file search based on name
# usage: fs name
# remove '-type f' if you want to match directories as well
fs() { find -type f -iname '*'"$1"'*' ; }

# open files with default application, don't print output/error messages
# useful for opening docs, pdfs, images, etc from command line
o() { xdg-open "$@" &> /dev/null ; }

# if unix2dos and dos2unix commands aren't available by default
unix2dos() { sed -i 's/$/\r/' "$@" ; }
dos2unix() { sed -i 's/\r$//' "$@" ; }

I alias most of my flatpaks to autorun, made a tool for that called flatalias.

https://github.com/trytomakeyouprivate/flatalias

Also

set fish_greeting

alias update='flatpak update -y && notify-send -a Updater "Flatpaks ready" && rpm-ostree update && notify-send -a Updater "rpm-ostree ready"'

alias upfin='flatpak update -y && rpm-ostree update && shutdown -h now''

alias flatrm='flatpak remove --delete-data'

alias ls="ls --color=auto -GF"

alias reload="source ~/.config/fish/config.fish && echo 'Fish-config updated'"

abbr conf "kate ~/.config/fish/config.fish && source ~/.config/fish/config.fish && echo 'Fish-config updated'"

### NETWORKING
abbr myip 'curl ifconfig.co'
abbr netlisten 'netstat -plntu'
abbr pingtest 'ping -c 2 wikipedia.de'

abbr rpmq "distrobox enter -n fedora -- dnf search"
abbr rstat "rpm-ostree status"

abbr rpmfind "rpm -qa | grep"

abbr flatinst 'flatpak install -y'

abbr flatfind "flatpak list | grep"

abbr history-off 'set +o history'

abbr sshcloud "ssh -i /home/user/.local/share/Cryptomator/mnt/SSH-keys/KEYNAME -p PORTNUMBER root@IP
# and others

abbr httpcode "curl --head --silent --output /dev/null --write-out '%{http_code}' "

abbr "pin-this" "ostree admin pin 0"
abbr "q" "exit"
abbr c "clear"

abbr errors-boot "journalctl -b"
abbr errors-last-boot "journalctl -b -1"

function copy
    if test -f $argv[1]
        cat $argv[1] | wl-copy
        echo "Copied to clipboard."
    else
        echo "Error: '$argv[1]' is not a file!"
    end
end

abbr off "shutdown -h now"

function findmod
    set mod_path (whereis $argv[1] | cut -d' ' -f2)
    kate $mod_path;
end

function mdtopdf -a filename
  set -x name (basename $filename .md)
  pandoc $filename -o $name.pdf | tee $name.pdf
end

function mdtoodt -a filename
  set -x name (basename $filename .md)
  pandoc $filename -o $name.odt | tee $name.odt
end

function mdtotex -a filename
  set -x name (basename $filename .md)
  pandoc $filename -s -o $name.tex | tee $name.tex
end

abbr rootfish "sudo -i fish"

abbr eng "export LANG=en_US.UTF-8"
abbr english "export LANG=en_US.UTF-8"
alias conf='nano ~/.config/fish/config.fish'
alias reload='. ~/.config/fish/config.fish'

alias pipwire-restart="systemctl --user restart pipewire.service"

function tarbrot #not yet fully working I think
    if test -z $argv[1]
        echo "Usage: tarbrot "
        return 1
    end

    set folder $argv[1]
    set tarball (basename $folder).tar
    set brotli_file $tarball.br

    # Start the timer
    set start_time (date +%s)

    # Create a tarball without compression
    tar -cf $tarball $folder

    # Display the time elapsed
    set end_time (date +%s)
    set elapsed_time (math $end_time - $start_time)

    # Compress the tarball with Brotli
    brotli $tarball && rm -f "$tarball"

    echo "Folder '$folder' has been tarred and Brotli compressed as '$brotli_file'"
    echo "Time elapsed: $elapsed_time seconds"
    echo "Size of compressed file: (du -h $brotli_file | awk '{print $1}')"
end

I use fish btw, nice shell.

Here ya go

Discussion and suggestions welcome :)

(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

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’