I Alias “sudo !!” with “plz”

(Bash-Specific)

App-Specific

alias battery='upower -i $(upower -e | grep 'BAT') | grep -E "state|to\ full|percentage"' # Get the battery level of my laptop server when I ssh into it

alias audio="yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3" # Download the audio version of a youtube video

alias wttr="curl wttr.in/Chicago" # Get the weather of my city in the terminal

Terminal Navigation

alias ba2sy="cp ~/.bash_aliases ~/Sync/" # copy my current iteration of my aliases to my shared syncthing folder so that it's accessible across devices

alias sy2ba="cp ~/Sync/.bash_aliases ~/" # replace the current iteration of my aliases w/ the synced version from my syncthing folder

alias mba='micro .bash_aliases' # open my aliases file in the modernized version of 'nano'

alias reload="source ~/.bashrc" # Quickly refresh my system so that the latest alias file is loaded

alias l='exa --group-directories-first -hlras modified --no-user --icons' # exa is a prettier version of ls. Options toggled: Human-readable, long format, reverse output, show hidden files/folders, sort by modified, hide the 'user' column since I'm the only one that uses the computer, and show the icons to make it look fancy```

Replaced Commands

alias cat='batcat --theme=ansi ' # Replace generic output of cat w/ a formatted version. This is bat (batcat in Debian)

alias rm='trash ' # Instead of auto-deleting files, put them in the 'trash' bin for 30 days, then delete.

Server & Docker-related

alias lazy='/home/macallik/.local/bin/lazydocker' # Run Docker

alias pad='ssh MyPad20334' # shorthand to ssh into my server

What… I didn’t know this was a thing.

So I could make be “sudo gimme-dat-new-new” Instead of “sudo DNF upgrade -y”

Some QoL stuff my good friend set-up for me.

# ALIASES -- EXA
alias ls='exa --group-directories-first --color=auto -h -aa -l --git'

# ALIASES -- YAY
alias yy='yay -Y --needed --norebuild --nocleanafter --nodiffmenu --noredownload --nocleanmenu --removemake --sudoloop'
alias ya='yay -S --needed --norebuild --nocleanafter --nodiffmenu --noredownload --nocleanmenu --removemake --sudoloop'
alias yu='yay -R --recursive --nosave'

# ALIASES -- CP
alias cp="cp --reflink=auto -i"

And then there’s a bunch of stuff from the output of alias, most of them are git aliases. Those which aren’t git-related are listed below:

-='cd -'
...=../..
....=../../..
.....=../../../..
......=../../../../..
1='cd -1'
2='cd -2'
3='cd -3'
4='cd -4'
5='cd -5'
6='cd -6'
7='cd -7'
8='cd -8'
9='cd -9'
_='sudo '
cp='cp --reflink=auto -i'
egrep='grep -E --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn,.idea,.tox}'
fgrep='grep -F --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn,.idea,.tox}'
history=omz_history
l='ls -lah'
la='ls -lAh'
ll='ls -lh'
ls='exa --group-directories-first --color=auto -h -aa -l --git'
lsa='ls -lah'
md='mkdir -p'
rd=rmdir
run-help=man
which-command=whence

Just some simple stuff:

Strix ~> alias
alias balanced 'asusctl profile -P balanced'
alias performance 'asusctl profile -P performance'
alias quiet 'asusctl profile -P quiet'
alias upd 'yay ; flatpak update'

alias clear="clear; fastfetch"
alias sudo="doas"
alias clr="clear"
alias kx="killall Xwayland"
alias vpython="~/newVenv/bin/python"
alias vpip="~/newVenv/bin/pip"

alias hgrep='function _f(){ history | grep $1; };_f'

Because I’m to lazy to type

history | grep whatever_I'm_looking_for

I’ve got the standard ones (l, ll, ls) to be forms of ls -flags

df = df -h
mv = mv -i
rm = rm -i
nix-switch = sudo nix-rebuild --switch flake .
nix-upd = nix flake update
systat = systemctl status
sysena = sudo systemctl enable
systop = sudo systemctl stop

For system updates:

[ -r /etc/os-release ] && . /etc/os-release
case "$ID" in
  arch|archarm)
    if which paru > /dev/null 2>&1; then
      alias updates='echo Using paru; paru'
    else
      alias updates='echo Using pacman; sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm'
    fi
    ;;
  debian|ubuntu)
    alias updates='echo Using apt dist-upgrade; sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y'
    ;;
esac

alias getmp4="yt-dlp -f 'bestvideo+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]' --recode-video mp4"
alias getmp3="yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3"
alias downloadwebsite="wget -mkEpnp"

flushall () {
	sudo pacman -Scc
	sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qdtq)
	flatpak uninstall --unused
}

updateall () {
	yay
	flatpak update
	while
		read -p "Clear cache and uninstall orphans? (y/N)" answer
	do
		case $answer in
			([yY][eE][sS] | [yY]) flushall;;
			(*) break;;
		esac
	done
}

Feel free to call me a poser, a scrub, etc but I don’t use aliases (other than the default ones, that is).

Why? Two words:

Brain. Exercise.

This is a separate reply since I didn’t know that you can include shell functions here.

I made this little function read_latest_log() because I just want to “read the latest log file” in a directory full of timestamped log files. I made a helper function separator_line_with_text() to help with the output, basically setting off the file-info portion (just the filename for now) from the file contents.

# # separator_line_with_text
# # Centers text in a separator line
# #
# # Usage:
# # separator_line_with_text «separator_char» «text»
separator_line_with_text() {
local separator_char="$1"
local contents_str="$2"

# Calculate separator_length
local separator_length=$(( $(tput cols) - 2 - ${#contents_str} ))

# Calculate the width of the left and right parts of the separator line
local half_line_width=$(( (${separator_length}) / 2 ))

# Construct the separator line using the $separator_char and $contents_str
for ((i = 0; i « half_line_width; i++))
do
echo -n ${separator_char}
done

echo -n ${contents_str}

for ((i = 0; i < half_line_width; i++))
do
echo -n ${separator_char}
done

echo ""
}

# # read_latest_log
# # Reads the latest log file with a timestamp in the filename.
# #
# # Usage:
# # read_latest_log [[«name_filter»] «extension»] «separator» «timestamp_field_number»
read_latest_log () {
  # Check if the function has sufficient parameters
  if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
    echo "Error: insufficient parameters."
    echo "Usage: read_latest_log [[«name_filter» = *] [«extension» = log] «separator» «timestamp_field_number»"
    return 1
  fi

  # Supposing only two parameters are provided
  # «name_filter» parameter is "*"
  # «extension» parameter is "log"
  if [[ $# -eq 2 ]]; then
    local name_filter="*"
    local extension="log"
    local separator="$1"
    local field="$2"
  fi

  # Supposing only three parameters are provided,
  # assume that the «name_filter» parameter is "*"
  if [[ $# -eq 3 ]]; then
    local name_filter="*"
    local extension="$1"
    local separator="$2"
    local field="$3"
  fi

  # If all parameters are provided, assign them accordingly
  if [[ $# -eq 4 ]]; then
    local name_filter="$1"
    local extension="$2"
    local separator="$3"
    local field="$4"
  fi

  # Find all log files with the specified extension, sort them based on the separator and field
  local log_files=$(find . -type f -name "${name_filter}.${extension}" | sort -n -t "${separator}" -k "${field}")

  # If no log files are found, display a message and return
  if [[ -z "$log_files" ]]; then
    echo "No log files found."
    return 0
  fi

  # Get the latest log file and its full path
  local latest_log_file=$(echo "$log_files" | tail -1)
  local full_path=$(realpath "$latest_log_file")

  # Define the strings for the separator line and
  # calculate the appropriate length of the separator line
  local contents_str=" Contents "
  local separator_char="—"

  separator_line_with_text ${separator_char} ""
  separator_line_with_text " " ${full_path}
  separator_line_with_text ${separator_char} ${contents_str}
  cat "$(echo "$log_files" | tail -1)"
}

Sorry for all the edits, for some reason anything that looks like an HTML tag gets erased.

I’m going to assume all these syntax highlighted HTML embeds are from Lemmy users. Sadly, illegible on Kbin.

alias cat lolcat
alias ccat whatever ohmyzsh does for their colorize extension, I know it’s a function alias

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