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# Common Aliases Plugin |
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This plugin creates helpful shortcut aliases for many commonly used commands. |
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To use it add `common-aliases` to the plugins array in your zshrc file: |
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```zsh |
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plugins=(... common-aliases) |
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``` |
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## Aliases |
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### ls command |
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| Alias | Command | Description | |
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| l | `ls -lFh` | List files as a long list, show size, type, human-readable | |
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| la | `ls -lAFh` | List almost all files as a long list show size, type, human-readable | |
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| lr | `ls -tRFh` | List files recursively sorted by date, show type, human-readable | |
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| lt | `ls -ltFh` | List files as a long list sorted by date, show type, human-readable | |
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| ll | `ls -l` | List files as a long list | |
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| ldot | `ls -ld .*` | List dot files as a long list | |
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| lS | `ls -1FSsh` | List files showing only size and name sorted by size | |
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| lart | `ls -1Fcart` | List all files sorted in reverse of create/modification time (oldest first) | |
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| lrt | `ls -1Fcrt` | List files sorted in reverse of create/modification time(oldest first) | |
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### File handling |
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| Alias | Command | Description | |
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| rm | `rm -i` | Remove a file | |
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| cp | `cp -i` | Copy a file | |
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| mv | `mv -i` | Move a file | |
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| zshrc | `${=EDITOR} ~/.zshrc` | Quickly access the ~/.zshrc file | |
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| dud | `du -d 1 -h` | Display the size of files at depth 1 in current location in human-readable form | |
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| duf | `du -sh` | Display the size of files in current location in human-readable form | |
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| t | `tail -f` | Shorthand for tail which outputs the last part of a file | |
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### find and grep |
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| Alias | Command | Description | |
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| fd | `find . -type d -name` | Find a directory with the given name | |
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| ff | `find . -type f -name` | Find a file with the given name | |
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| grep | `grep --color` | Searches for a query string | |
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| sgrep | `grep -R -n -H -C 5 --exclude-dir={.git,.svn,CVS}` | Useful for searching within files | |
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### Other Aliases |
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| Alias | Command | Description | |
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| h | `history` | Lists all recently used commands | |
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| hgrep | `fc -El 0 \| grep` | Searches for a word in the list of previously used commands | |
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| help | `man` | Opens up the man page for a command | |
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| p | `ps -f` | Displays currently executing processes | |
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| sortnr | `sort -n -r` | Used to sort the lines of a text file | |
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| unexport | `unset` | Used to unset an environment variable | |
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## Global aliases |
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These aliases are expanded in any position in the command line, meaning you can use them even at the |
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end of the command you've typed. Examples: |
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Quickly pipe to less: |
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```zsh |
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$ ls -l /var/log L |
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# will run |
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$ ls -l /var/log | less |
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``` |
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Silences stderr output: |
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```zsh |
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$ find . -type f NE |
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# will run |
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$ find . -type f 2>/dev/null |
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``` |
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| Alias | Command | Description | |
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| H | `\| head` | Pipes output to head which outputs the first part of a file | |
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| T | `\| tail` | Pipes output to tail which outputs the last part of a file | |
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| G | `\| grep` | Pipes output to grep to search for some word | |
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| L | `\| less` | Pipes output to less, useful for paging | |
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| M | `\| most` | Pipes output to more, useful for paging | |
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| LL | `2>&1 \| less` | Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to less | |
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| CA | `2>&1 \| cat -A` | Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to cat | |
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| NE | `2 > /dev/null` | Silences stderr | |
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| NUL | `> /dev/null 2>&1` | Silences both stdout and stderr | |
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| P | `2>&1\| pygmentize -l pytb` | Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to pygmentize | |
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## File extension aliases |
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These are special aliases that are triggered when a file name is passed as the command. For example, |
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if the pdf file extension is aliased to `acroread` (a popular Linux pdf reader), when running `file.pdf` |
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that file will be open with `acroread`. |
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### Reading Docs |
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| Alias | Command | Description | |
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| pdf | `acroread` | Opens up a document using acroread | |
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| ps | `gv` | Opens up a .ps file using gv | |
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| dvi | `xdvi` | Opens up a .dvi file using xdvi | |
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| chm | `xchm` | Opens up a .chm file using xchm | |
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| djvu | `djview` | Opens up a .djvu file using djview | |
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### Listing files inside a packed file |
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| zip | `unzip -l` | Lists files inside a .zip file | |
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| rar | `unrar l` | Lists files inside a .rar file | |
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| tar | `tar tf` | Lists files inside a .tar file | |
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| tar.gz | `echo` | Lists files inside a .tar.gz file | |
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| ace | `unace l` | Lists files inside a .ace file | |
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### Some other features |
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- Opens urls in terminal using browser specified by the variable `$BROWSER` |
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- Opens C, C++, Tex and text files using editor specified by the variable `$EDITOR` |
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- Opens images using image viewer specified by the variable `$XIVIEWER` |
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- Opens videos and other media using mplayer
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