shell/aliases: remove space before > in redirections

[config/dotfiles.git] / shell / aliases.in

diff --git a/shell/aliases.in b/shell/aliases.in
index 27ce92c8b9b7252bd3b7cbeab310135d28bd790e..02ad5ec945b809c434054f6e18742d6ced25038f 100644 (file)
--- a/shell/aliases.in
+++ b/shell/aliases.in
@@ -23,15 +23,26 @@ alias d=cd
 alias e=elinks
 alias g=git
 alias l=ls
-alias m=mutt
+alias m=make
 alias p=less # p for pager
-alias s=mpc  # s for sound, m is already used
 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
+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.
@@ -46,13 +57,17 @@ ls() {
     LS_ENV LS_PATH LS_COLOR -C -F "$@" 2>&1 | less
 }
 
-unalias ll la lal 2> /dev/null
+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.