# Aliases and similar functions which can be used by all shells (supporting # them). # Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Simon Ruderich # # This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this file. If not, see . # Shortcuts for often used programs. alias c=clear alias d=cd alias e=elinks alias g=git alias h=htop alias l=ls alias m=make alias p=less # p for pager alias t=tig alias v=vim # Shortcuts for a little less used programs. alias mu=mutt unalias mv cp 2>/dev/null # Ask for confirmation before overwriting files. Especially useful when moving # to a different directory. No alias for `rm` because I specify the files to # remove directly, so I know what will happen. alias mv='mv -i' # Additionally preserve all file attributes when copying, this includes # copying symbolic links as is without dereferencing them. alias cp='cp -i -a' # Make sure there is no alias named ls as it causes problems with the # following ls function on (at least) bash 4.0.35. unalias ls 2>/dev/null # Improved ls which displays the files in columns (-C), visualizes # directories, links and other special files (-F) and pages everything through # less. # # If available use GNU ls with colorized output. If it isn't available try # normal ls which needs CLICOLOR_FORCE so it displays colors when used with a # pager. If none work no colors are used. # # See `setup.sh` for details. LS_* are replaced with the appropriate values # when this file is generated. ls() { LS_ENV command ls LS_COLOR LS_OPTIONS -C -F "$@" 2>&1 | less } unalias ll lt la lal lat 2>/dev/null # List the files in list format with access rights, etc. alias ll='ls -l' # List the files sorted by last modification date. alias lt='ls -l -t' # List all files. alias la='ls -a' # List all files in list format with access rights, etc. alias lal='ls -al' # List all files sorted by last modification date. alias lat='ls -al -t' # Make going up directories simple. alias ..='cd ..' alias ...='cd ../..' alias ....='cd ../../..' alias .....='cd ../../../..' # Automatically use unified diffs. alias diff='diff -u' # COLUMN is set to `| column -t` if it's available, empty otherwise. # Display all files (-s), use human readable sizes (-h) and display the # complete size (-c). alias du='du -shc' # Use human readable sizes and format it nicely, thanks to climagic # (http://twitter.com/climagic/status/49623386762129408). df() { command df -hP "$@" COLUMN } # Highlight matched strings. Doesn't work with a pager! alias grep='grep --color=auto' # Pipe output through less. tree() { command tree -C "$@" | less } # Better viewer for info pages .. just pipe everything into less. info() { command info "$@" 2>/dev/null | less } # vim: ft=sh