##Create Aliases in .bash_profile to Assign Shortcuts for Common Terminal Commands
###Instruction: Enter these aliases into your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc (if using zsh)
- Let’s say you often browse to a directory that requires a lot of typing, such as:
alias cdp="cd ~/Dropbox/projects/source/"
OR
go() { cd ~/Dropbox/projects/source/$1"; }
_go() { _files -W ~/Dropbox/projects/source/ -/; }
compdef _go go
- The problem with ping is that it continues to run after you start it, so you have to cancel it. Alias ping to ping -o to grab only one reply packet and exit—now, ping will display the site's IP address and exit.
alias ping="ping -o"
- Another useful alias you can create is for opening files with your favorite text editor. In my case, it’s Sublime Text 3
ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /usr/local/bin/subl
###A Safer rm
- If you use the rm command to delete files, they're gone forever. Adding the -i flag to rm tells the command to ask you first before deleting the file. I like this layer of cross-checking to help prevent me from accidentally deleting files I want.
alias rm="rm -i"
###Lazy git
function lazygit() {
git add .
git commit -a -m "$1"
git push
}
-This allows you to provide a commit message, such as:
lazygit "My commit msg"
###My Favorites
alias bye="exit" #Users can type "bye" to exit a terminal.
alias BYE="exit" #BASH is case-sensitive, so "bye" is different from "BYE"
alias Exit="exit" #If a user has a bad habit of capitalizing the first letter of commands, this alias will handle that issue
alias EXIT="exit" #This alias helps users that tend to leave caps-lock on.
alias clr="clear" #This is a shortcut for "clear"
alias clsh="clear; history -c; echo \"\" > ~/.bash_history; exit" #This alias command will clear the terminal, delete the history, and exit. The backslashes protect the quotes that are within the aliases coding.
alias del="rm" #Users that are accustomed to using DOS will benefit from an alias that mimics DOS.
alias delete="rm" #This alias allows the user to use a easier-to-remember command to remove files.
alias copy="cp" #This alias also allows a user to use a command that is not as abstract.
alias ...="cd ../.." #This shortcut can save users time. The alias is three key-presses while the original requires eight.
alias sendbeta="bzr push lp:novabot-xaiml; bzr push lp:novabot-xaiml" #To push many projects at once, add each push command separated with a semicolon.
alias coffee="coffeescript" #Coffeescript users can save time by only typing "coffee". If you are still too lazy for that, try the next alias.
alias cs="coffeescript"
alias editalias="(subl ~/.bash_profile)" OR alias editalias="(subl ~/.zshrc)" #Opening a file manager and changing the view settings to show hidden files and then finding the alias file can all be time-consuming. Guess what? Make another time saving alias. Now, users can quickly have the file open for modifications.
alias back="cd -" #To go back to the previous folder location, typing "back" will be quick to use and easy for users to remember.
Nice!
Just a nitpick but under the Sublime section,
ln -s
creates symbolic links, not aliases. That sublime command only needs to be run once and shouldn't be in a.bash_profile
or the like. It's also shell agnostic since it creates a file in/usr/local/bin