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gensym

#! Junkie

Registered: 2011-10-17

Posts: 447

Aliases

We have a thread for vim tricks, a thread for xdefaults, a thread for twmn and yet not one for the aliasses we use.
It should be interresting to see the aliases other #!ers use.

So here are mine:

#file compressing/decompressing
alias guntar="tar -xzvf"
alias untar="tar -xvf"
alias targ="tar -cvzf"
alias buntar="tar -jvxf"
#if i invoke emacs from the terminal, start it in terminal
alias emacs="emacs -nw"
#interpreter tricks
alias poly="rlwrap -pBlue poly"
alias clisp="rlwrap -pBlue poly"
#other stuff
alias vc="sudo vpnc"
alias l="ls -lha"

Last edited by gensym (2012-02-18 12:50:54)

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2ManyDogs

dv#!

From: elsewhere

Registered: 2011-11-22

Posts: 1,346

Re: Aliases

I like this thread (and I'm going to steal some of your aliases). I just have a few lame ones right now (and there are probably easier ways to do some of this, so don't laugh!)

alias cd..='cd ..'
alias md=mkdir
alias sai='sudo apt-get install'
alias sar='sudo apt-get remove'
alias rbn='sudo reboot'
alias sdn='sudo shutdown -h now'
alias amx=alsamixer
alias sx=startx

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VastOne

#! Ranger

From: V-Ger

Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 10,165

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Re: Aliases

alias up='sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'
alias get='sudo apt-get install'
alias rem='sudo apt-get remove'
alias cl='sudo apt-get autoclean'
alias se='apt-cache policy'
alias upg='sudo update-grub'
alias grc='ps aux | grep'
alias re='source ~/.bashrc'
alias al='cat ~/.bash_aliases'

Mine are just as lame, but they work for me!!

I did borrow some from both of you

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2ManyDogs

dv#!

From: elsewhere

Registered: 2011-11-22

Posts: 1,346

Re: Aliases

Forgot one

alias ls='ls -F --color --group-directories-first'

VastOne, I'm stealing your 're' and 'se' -- thanks.

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VastOne

#! Ranger

From: V-Ger

Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 10,165

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Re: Aliases

I just made a change to mine

alias grc='ps aux | grep'

so if you

grc anything 

It will find it

I am always using this for tint2 and conky to kill an instance when I am done editing

I changed it in the post above too

I borrowed 3 from yours: cd md and sdn

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rhowaldt

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Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 4,396

Re: Aliases

we do have a thread for your ~/.bashrc which also holds aliases.. but what the hell, who cares.
i got this in my ~/.bashrc

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

if [ -f ~/.rhowaldt_bashrc ]; then
    . ~/.rhowaldt_bashrc
fi

and this in ~/.rhowaldt_bashrc

# ----------------
# ~/.rhowaldt_bashrc
# personal bashrc aliasses etc file
# ----------------

# Make it shorter
alias inst="sudo apt-get install -y"
alias update="sudo apt-get update"
alias upgrade="sudo apt-get upgrade"
alias uninst="sudo apt-get purge"

alias brc="gedit ~/.bashrc &"
alias rbrc="gedit ~/.rhowaldt_bashrc &"

alias q="exit"
alias c="clear"

# some ls options, with directories first
alias ls="ls -F --color --group-directories-first"
alias ll="ls -AlhF --group-directories-first"
alias la="ls -A --group-directories-first"
alias lc="ls -CF --group-directories-first"

# search
alias where="which"
alias what="apropos"
alias apr="apropos"
alias ff="find . -type f -name"

# navigation
alias ..="cd .."
alias ...="cd ../.."
alias ....="cd ../../.."
alias .....="cd ../../../../"
alias ......="cd ../../../../.."
alias fonts="cd /usr/share/fonts"
alias scripts="cd $HOME/scripts"

# count the number of files in a folder
alias numfiles="echo $(ls -1 | wc -l)"

# Use human-readable filesizes
alias du="du -h"
alias df="df -h"

# I only use Telnet for Medieval
alias mval="telnet moo.medievalmoo.nl 1111"

# renoise + scripting tools
alias renoise="/usr/local/bin/renoise-2.7.1 --scripting-dev"

# Automatically do an ls after each cd
cd() {
  if [ -n "$1" ]; then
    builtin cd "$@" && ls --group-directories-first
  else
    builtin cd ~ && ls --group-directories-first
  fi
}

# Set some colors (ripped from kestrel @ crunchbang forums)
BLACK='\e[0;30m'
WHITE='\e[1;37m'
LIGHTGRAY='\e[0;37m'
DARKGRAY='\e[1;30m'
RED='\e[0;31m'
GREEN='\e[0;32m'
BLUE='\e[0;34m'
YELLOW='\e[1;33m'
PURPLE='\e[0;35m'
BROWN='\e[0;33m'
CYAN='\e[0;36m'
LIGHTBLUE='\e[1;34m'
LIGHTGREEN='\e[1;32m'
LIGHTCYAN='\e[1;36m'
LIGHTRED='\e[1;31m'
LIGHTPURPLE='\e[1;35m'
NC='\e[0m'              # No Color

HISTFILESIZE=100000000
HISTSIZE=100000

# to get 'bc' to default to 6 decimal places
# use a .bcrc file in your home-dir with 'scale=6'
export BC_ENV_ARGS=~/.bcrc

# for detect_syllables-script
alias ds="detect_syllables"

# some shortcuts
export STORAGE=/media/storage
export MP3=/media/storage/_mp3
export MUSIC=/media/storage/_music
export MOVIE=/media/storage/_movie

# stuff for which the terminal window title doesn't get updated automatically
alias irssi="urxvt -title 'irssi (urxvt)' -e irssi &"
alias rtorrent="urxvt -title 'rtorrent (urxvt)' -e rtorrent &"

# more
alias bm="sudo bashmount"
alias aura="wine $HOME/bin/aura_2/Aura2.exe &"
alias apache="sudo apache2ctl start"
alias convertx="wine /home/rhowaldt/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/convertxtodvd4/ConvertXtoDvd.exe &"

VastOne

#! Ranger

From: V-Ger

Registered: 2011-04-26

Posts: 10,165

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Re: Aliases

^ Perhaps it has more to do with that thread being quiet for 5 months, out of site and out of mind.

Anything that can teach is a good thing, and in your aliases is a mountain of knowledge.

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rhowaldt

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Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 4,396

Re: Aliases

^ the thread has been silent for some time, hasn't it? sad. it is a great thread. still a worthwhile link because there's lots of useful stuff to be found in there as well. i got a lot of my own aliases from that thread.

thanks for the kind words

nta

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From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2012-01-14

Posts: 46

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Re: Aliases

I'm very new to this, but this is what I've done to mine so far.

##########################
#
#        NTA ALIASES
#
##########################

#### SYSTEM ####

alias update='sudo apt-get update; ~/.bash_messages/update.sh'
alias upgrade='sudo apt-get upgrade; ~/.bash_messages/upgrade.sh'
alias ss='sudo apt-cache search'
alias get='sudo apt-get install'
alias remove='sudo apt-get remove'
alias clean='sudo apt-get autoclean -y;sudo apt-get autoremove -y;sudo apt-get clean -y; ~/.bash_messages/clean.sh'
alias sup='sudo ~/.sysupgrade.sh; ~/.bash_messages/sup.sh'

#### INTERFACE ####

alias se='setxkbmap se'
alias svorak='setxkbmap se dvorak'

#### INTERNET ####

alias twitter='twidge update'
alias message='twidge dmsend'

#### DIRECTORIES ####

alias ..='cd'
alias stream='.. /media/windows/Stream/; ll'
alias downloads='.. /media/windows/Downloads/Complete/; ll'
alias ls='ls -F --color --group-directories-first'

#### UNCATEGORIZED ####

alias reboot='sudo reboot'
alias black='xterm -geometry 120x40 -fg white -bg black && daemon'

#### NANO ####

alias edit='sudo nano'
alias editbash='edit ~/.bashrc'

#### TERMINAL ####

alias q='exit'
alias c='clear'

##########################
#
#     End of Aliases
#
##########################

xaos52

The Good Doctor

From: Planet of the @s

Registered: 2011-06-24

Posts: 4,602

Re: Aliases

Easy reboot/poweroff/suspend/hibernate from the CL

alias reboot='dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Restart'
alias poweroff='dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Stop'
alias suspend='dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.UPower /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend'
alias hibernate='dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.UPower /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Hibernate'

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rhowaldt

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Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 4,396

Re: Aliases

@xaos: yeah those are awesome. really need to add those to my own aliases.
@nta: out of curiosity: what are all those scripts being called with the update/upgrade etc commands?

gutterslob

#! Resident Bum

Registered: 2009-11-03

Posts: 3,207

Re: Aliases

Edit important files (requires vim):

# files
alias gtk='vim '"$HOME"'/.gtkrc.mine'
alias xinitrc='vim '"$HOME"'/.xinitrc'
alias sz='source "'"$HOME"'/.zshrc"'
alias va='vim '"$HOME"'/.zaliases ; source '"$HOME"'/.zaliases'
alias vz='vim '"$HOME"'/.zshrc ; source '"$HOME"'/.zshrc'
alias xdefs='vim '"$HOME"'/.Xdefaults ; xrdb -load '"$HOME"'/.Xdefaults'
alias xconf='su -c "vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf"'

Listing related stuff.
Most of these are from GRML's zshrc.

# Execute \kbd{ls -lSrah}
alias dir="ls -lSrah"
# Only show dot-directories
alias lad='ls -d .*(/)'                
# Only show dot-files
alias lsa='ls -a .*(.)'                
# Only files with setgid/setuid/sticky flag
alias lss='ls -l *(s,S,t)'             
# Only show 1st ten symlinks
alias lsl='ls -l *(@)'                 
# Display only executables
alias lsx='ls -l *(*)'                
# Display world-{readable,writable,executable} files
alias lsw='ls -ld *(R,W,X.^ND/)'       
# Display the ten biggest files
alias lsbig="ls -flh *(.OL[1,10])" 
# Only show directories
alias lsd='ls -d *(/)'     
# Only show empty directories
alias lse='ls -d *(/^F)'               
# Display the ten newest files
alias lsnew="ls -rl *(D.om[1,10])"     
# Display the ten oldest files
alias lsold="ls -rtlh *(D.om[1,10])"   
# Display the ten smallest files
alias lssmall="ls -Srl *(.oL[1,10])"   

Permissions/chmod:

# chmod
# Execute \kbd{chmod 600}
alias rw-='chmod 600'
# Execute \kbd{chmod 700}
alias rwx='chmod 700'
# r-{}- Execute \kbd{chmod 644}
alias r--='chmod 644'
# Execute \kbd{chmod 755}
alias r-x='chmod 755'

Debian (apt/aptitude) related:

alias afs='apt-file search --regexp'
alias aps='aptitude search'
alias apsh='aptitude show'
alias apsrc='apt-get source'
alias apv='apt-cache policy'

alias apdg='su -c "aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade"'
alias apud='su -c "aptitude update"'
alias apug='su -c "aptitude safe-upgrade"'
alias update='su -c "aptitude update"'
alias upgrade='su -c "aptitude safe-upgrade"'
alias fupgrade='su -c "aptitude full-upgrade"'

alias di='su -c "dpkg -i ./*.deb"'

alias quikdeb='/usr/bin/time -p dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc'

Colourful Mplayer Verbosity:

alias mplayer='mplayer -msgcolor -msgmodule -nolirc'

Last edited by gutterslob (2012-02-18 18:37:43)

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nta

Member

From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2012-01-14

Posts: 46

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Re: Aliases

@xaos: yeah those are awesome. really need to add those to my own aliases.
@nta: out of curiosity: what are all those scripts being called with the update/upgrade etc commands?

I was just messing around, trying to learn more about using different files and folders in bash-commandos so I just created some .sh "scripts".

echo "##############################################"
echo "##############################################"
echo "##############################################"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########    C L E A N I N G   #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########     P R O C E S S    #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########        D O N E       #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "##############################################"
echo "##############################################"
echo "##############################################"

echo "##############################################"
echo "##############################################"
echo "##############################################"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########      S Y S T E M     #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########      U P D A T E     #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########        D O N E       #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "###########                      #############"
echo "##############################################"
echo "##############################################"
echo "##############################################"

As you see, nothing to serious. Quite annoying to tell you the truth But it's all for the sake of learning :]

rhowaldt

#!*$%:)

Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 4,396

Re: Aliases

^ hahaha those made me laugh!
in love, war and learning, everything is permitted

thevdude

#! Junkie

From: Pittsburgh, PA

Registered: 2011-09-01

Posts: 469

Re: Aliases

I love my functions and aliases!

# some more ls aliases
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias lx='ls -lXB'        # sort by extension
alias lk='ls -lSr'        # sort by size
alias la='ls -Al'        # show hidden files
alias lr='ls -lR'        # recursice ls
alias lt='ls -ltr'        # sort by date
alias lm='ls -al |more'        # pipe through 'more'
alias tree='tree -Cs'        # nice alternative to 'ls'
alias ll='ls -l'        # long listing
alias l='ls -hF --color'    # quick listing
alias lsize='ls --sort=size -lhr' # list by size
alias lsd='ls -l | grep "^d"'   #list only directories

#Command substiution
alias ff='sudo find / -name $1'
alias df='df -h -x tmpfs -x usbfs'
alias psg='ps -ef | grep $1'
alias h='history | grep $1'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias mkdir='mkdir -p -v'
alias which='type -all'
alias path='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}'
alias vi='vim'
alias du='du -h -c --max-depth=1'
alias reload='source ~/.bashrc'
alias dupgrd='sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -d'
alias c='clear'

#Personal Help
alias dn='OPTIONS=$(\ls -F | grep /$); select s in $OPTIONS; do cd $PWD/$s; break;done'
alias help='OPTIONS=$(\ls ~/.tips -F);select s in $OPTIONS; do less ~/.tips/$s; break;done' 

#show most popular commands
alias top-commands='history | awk "{print $2}" | awk "BEGIN {FS="|"} {print $1}" |sort|uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10'

# search for a package
alias search="apt-cache search"

# empty trash
alias trash="rm -fr ~/.Trash"

## Moving around & all that jazz
alias back='cd "$OLDPWD"'
alias ..="cd .."
alias ...="cd ../.."
alias ....="cd ../../.."
alias .....="cd ../../../.."
alias ......="cd ../../../../.."

## Dir shortcuts
alias home='cd ~/'
alias documents='cd ~/documents'
alias downloads='cd ~/downloads'
alias images='cd ~/images'
alias videos='cd ~/videos'

## App-specific
alias wget='wget -c'
alias scrot='scrot -cd 5'

## Sudo fixes
alias install='sudo apt-get install'
alias policy='apt-cache policy'
alias remove='sudo apt-get remove'
alias orphand='sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get -y remove --purge'
alias cleanup='sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get remove && orphand'
alias updatedb='sudo updatedb'
alias htop='sudo htop'

## Personal things :D
alias weather='ctw USPA1470'
alias zork='frotz ~/downloads/textadventures/zork1/DATA/ZORK1.DAT'
alias hhgttg='frotz ~/downloads/textadventures/hhgttg/hhgg.z3'
alias dorf='~/downloads/df_linux/df &' 
alias dorft='~/src/dwarftherapist/bin/release/DwarfTherapist &'
alias mountc='sudo mount -o credentials=/home/robert/smbcred'
alias sprungeit='curl -F "sprunge=<-" http://sprunge.us | xsel -b'

and these:

### FUNCTIONS

# Calculator
calc(){ awk "BEGIN{ print $* }" ;}
# Easy extract
extract () {
  if [ -f "$1" ] ; then
      case "$1" in
          *.tar.bz2)   tar xvjf "$1"    ;;
          *.tar.gz)    tar xvzf "$1"    ;;
          *.bz2)       bunzip2 "$1"     ;;
          *.rar)       rar x "$1"       ;;
          *.gz)        gunzip "$1"      ;;
          *.tar)       tar xvf "$1"     ;;
          *.tbz2)      tar xvjf "$1"    ;;
          *.tgz)       tar xvzf "$1"    ;;
          *.zip)       unzip "$1"       ;;
          *.Z)         uncompress "$1"  ;;
          *.7z)        7z x "$1"        ;;
          *.cbr)       rar x "$1"       ;;
          *.cbz)       unzip "$1"       ;;
          *)           echo "don't know how to extract '$1'..." ;;
      esac
  else
      echo "'$1' is not a valid file!"
  fi
}

# Makes directory then moves into it
function mkcdr {
    mkdir -p -v $1
    cd $1
}

# Creates an archive from given directory
mktar() { tar cvf  "${1%%/}.tar"     "${1%%/}/"; }
mktgz() { tar cvzf "${1%%/}.tar.gz"  "${1%%/}/"; }
mktbz() { tar cvjf "${1%%/}.tar.bz2" "${1%%/}/"; }

# Does some stuff like magic :/
tree_contains(){
    # return true (0) as soon as we find a "*.foo" file
    find "$1" -type f -name "*.flac" -print0 |
        read -r -d $'\0' file && return 0

    return 1
}
#Screensaver like thing, should be cool
cascade_colors()
{
  _I=1
  _J=0
  _K=0
  _WIDTH=$COLUMNS
  _MARGIN=0
  while true; do
  _A=$(($RANDOM % 3))
  _B=$(($RANDOM % 2))
  _C=$(($RANDOM % 3))
  case $_A in
  0)
    case $_B in
    0)
      [ $_I -gt 1 ] && _I=$(($_I - 1))
    ;;
    1)
      [ $_I -lt 6 ] && _I=$(($_I + 1))
    ;;
    esac
  ;;
  1)
    case $_B in
    0)
      [ $_J -gt 0 ] && _J=$(($_J - 1))
    ;;
    1)
      [ $_J -lt 5 ] && _J=$(($_J + 1))
    ;;
    esac
  ;;
  2)
    case $_B in
    0)
      [ $_K -gt 0 ] && _K=$(($_K - 1))
    ;;
    1)
      [ $_K -lt 5 ] && _K=$(($_K + 1))
    ;;
    esac
  ;;
  esac
  case $1 in
    1)
      _DELTA=$2
      case $_C in
        0)
          [ $_WIDTH -lt $(($COLUMNS - 2*$_DELTA)) ] && _WIDTH=$(($_WIDTH + 2*$_DELTA))
        ;;
        1)
          [ $_WIDTH -gt $((1 + 2*$_DELTA)) ] && _WIDTH=$(($_WIDTH - 2*$_DELTA))
        ;;
      esac
      _MARGIN=$((($COLUMNS-$_WIDTH)/2))
    ;;
    2)
      _WIDTH=$2
      _DELTA=$3
      case $_C in
        0)
          [ $_MARGIN -le $(($COLUMNS - $_WIDTH - $_DELTA)) ] && _MARGIN=$(($_MARGIN + $_DELTA))
        ;;
        1)
          [ $_MARGIN -ge $_DELTA ] && _MARGIN=$(($_MARGIN - $_DELTA))
        ;;
      esac
    ;;
    *)
      _WIDTH=$COLUMNS
      _MARGIN=0
    ;;
  esac
  _NUMBER=$((15 + $_I + 6*$_J + 36*$_K))

  echo -en "\e[0;49m"
  if [ $_MARGIN -gt 0 ]; then
    for _FOO in $(seq $_MARGIN); do
      echo -en " "
    done
  fi

  printf "\e[0;48;5;${_NUMBER}m"
  for _FOO in $(seq $_WIDTH); do
    echo -en " "
  done

  echo -e "\e[0;49m"
  done
}

calc is cool, and cascade_colors. There are a few options for cascade_colors, but I don't want to get a scrot right now.

johnraff

nullglob

From: Nagoya, Japan

Registered: 2009-01-07

Posts: 4,148

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Re: Aliases

I seem to use aliases less and less - things done all the time get tied to ADeskBar launcher buttons and lesser stuff goes in openbox menus, but these aliases and functions still get some use:

alias aptiget='sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude -D -R -P -Z install '
alias aptipurge='sudo aptitude -DPZ purge '

# search command-fu:
cmdfu(){ wget -qO - "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$@/$(echo -n "$@" | openssl base64)/plaintext"; }

# grep results in whole paragraphs, with search term in colour ( from command-fu )
grepp() { [ $# -eq 1 ] && perl -00ne 'if ( /'"$1"'/i ){$s = $_;$s =~ s/'"$1"'/\033[1;31m$&\033[0m/g; print $s}' || perl -00ne 'if ( /'"$1"'/i ){$s = $_;$s =~ s/'"$1"'/\033[1;31m$&\033[0m/g; print $s}' < "$2";}

newest ()  { # newest file of  arguments, eg  'newest *'
    [[ $1 ]] || return 1
    local i
    candidate="$1";
    for i in "$@";
    do
        [[ -f $i ]] || continue
        [[ $i -nt $candidate ]] && candidate="$i"
    done
    echo "$candidate"
}

oldest ()  {
    [[ $1 ]] || return 1
    local i
    candidate="$1"
    for i in "$@"
    do
        [[ -f $i ]] || continue
        [[ $i -ot $candidate ]] && candidate="$i"
    done
    echo "$candidate"
}

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parkerlreed

Member

Registered: 2011-07-13

Posts: 15

Re: Aliases

Not much more than the default.

    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
    alias dir='dir --color=auto'
    alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
    alias grep='grep --color=auto'
    alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
    alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
    alias minecraft='java -jar /home/parker/minecraft.jar'
    alias glcc='glc-capture -l /dev/stdout -v 3 -i -j -o game.glc -b back '
    alias glce='glc-play game.glc -a 1 -o audio.wav && glc-play game.glc -y 1 -o - | mencoder -demuxer y4m - -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=9000 -audiofile audio.wav -oac mp3lame -o video.avi && rm -rf game.glc && youtube-upload --email=parker.l.reed@gmail.com --password=hahanotthatdumb --title="More testing" --description="Testing" --category=Games --keywords="testing" video.avi && rm -rf audio.wav video.avi'
    alias syn='sudo synaptic'
    alias sagi='sudo apt-get install '
    alias fix='xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = backslash bar"'

machinebacon

#! unstable

From: China

Registered: 2009-07-02

Posts: 6,826

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Re: Aliases

Maybe interesting for some: get RSS weather and/or news, requires curl

~/rss.sh

uri=$1                                                  #URI of RSS Feed
lines=$2                                                #Number of headlines
titlenum=$3                                             #Number of extra titles
        curl -s --connect-timeout 30 $uri |\
        sed -e 's/<\/title>/\n/g' |\
        grep -o '<title>.*' |\
        sed -e 's/<title>//' |\
        head -n $(($lines + $titlenum)) |\
        tail -n $(($lines))

alias for weather (serving as example, modify to your needs, keep the 1 1)

alias weather='sh ~/rss.sh http://www.rssweather.com/wx/ie/dublin/rss.php 1 1 && sh ~/rss.sh http://www.rssweather.com/wx/de/stuttgart-echterdingen/rss.php 1 1 && sh ~/rss.sh http://www.rssweather.com/wx/cn/guilin/rss.php 1 1'

for news, change the URL and the two numbers (starting entry/number of entries)

others:

alias sources='sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list'
alias xp='xprop | grep "WM_WINDOW_ROLE\|WM_CLASS" && echo "WM_CLASS(STRING) = \"NAME\", \"CLASS\""'

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lordcirth

New Member

From: Behind you

Registered: 2012-08-04

Posts: 8

Re: Aliases

I use Terminator as my background, so I use nano for almost all text editing. There's probably a config file for irssi that makes that one useless, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

alias iirc='irssi --connect chat.freenode.net'
alias c='cd; clear'
alias nn='nano ~/notes' #Open a notepad file, my Terminator version of KDE's desktop sticky notes
alias term='terminator_desktop --profile Desktop -b --geometry 1680x1018+0+32 &
exit'
alias lh='ls -lh'
alias armory='python /usr/share/armory/ArmoryQt.py' # the Armory Bitcoin client, very nice, tho heavy! 

ivanovnegro

Ivan #000000

From: unstable madness

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 5,432

Re: Aliases

alias play='mplayer -fs -msgcolor -msgmodule'
alias playa='mplayer -aspect 16:10 -fs -msgcolor -msgmodule'
alias playl='mplayer -msgcolor -msgmodule -playlist'
alias pl='apt-cache policy'
alias fl='sudo update-flashplugin-nonfree --install'
alias nc='ncmpcpp'
alias tv='~/.tv'
alias ps='apt-cache search'
alias sf='screenfetch'
alias rts='mplayer -fs -msgcolor -msgmodule -aspect 16:10 -nomouseinput mmsh://rts.videostreaming.rs/rts'
alias ncm='cd ~/.ncmpcpp'

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FiniteStateMachine

Part of the Machine

From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2009-06-29

Posts: 1,489

Re: Aliases

my favourite is 'monarch' which automatically mounts my linode server. It takes a 3 line command (with multiple arguments) and makes it so simple.

Another favourite is for the different compilers and make command. I won't post mine because its very specific to what your compiling. But extremely useful.

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junkie

#! Junkie

Registered: 2012-05-04

Posts: 370

Re: Aliases

# ALIASES 
alias reload='source ~/.bashrc'
alias bash='cd /usr/local/bin && ls'
alias fox='bin/firefox/firefox/firefox&'
alias fm='thunar&'
alias wire='watch -n 1 cat /proc/net/wireless'
alias tasks='~/bin/myTasks.py'

# FUNCTIONS 
# clock
clock () 
{ 
while true;do clear;echo "===========";date +"%r";echo "===========";sleep 1;done 
}

# network info
netinfo ()
{
/sbin/ifconfig | awk /'inet addr/ {print $2}'
/sbin/ifconfig | awk /'Bcast/ {print $3}'
/sbin/ifconfig | awk /'inet addr/ {print $4}'
/sbin/ifconfig | awk /'HWaddr/ {print $4,$5}'
}

## Function extract, extract everything with one command
extract () {
    if [ -f $1 ] ; then
        case $1 in
            *.tar.bz2)    tar xjfv $1        ;;
            *.tar.gz)    tar xzfv $1        ;;
            *.bz2)        bunzip2 $1        ;;
            *.rar)        rar x $1        ;;
            *.gz)        gunzip $1        ;;
            *.tar)        tar xfv $1        ;;
            *.tbz2)        tar xjfv $1        ;;
            *.tgz)        tar xzfv $1        ;;
            *.zip)        unzip $1        ;;
            *.Z)        uncompress $1    ;;
            *)            echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via extract()" ;;
        esac
    else
        echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
    fi
}

up() { [ $(( $1 + 0 )) -gt 0 ] && cd $(eval "printf '../'%.0s {1..$1}"); }

brontosaurusrex

#! Red Menace

Registered: 2012-06-15

Posts: 1,643

Re: Aliases

.bash_aliases

alias easyfind='find . | grep -i -s -e '
alias dict='sdcv'

so far.

whats interesting is that you can also put functions in there, like;

function pushtokrava() { scp "$@" user@server.org:/home/user/incoming ;}

this will be used on client as for example:
pushtokrava file1.txt file2.jpg file3.mp4

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2012-08-08 18:16:21)

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