Shortcuts

Shortcuts

These are some of our favorite shortcuts, enjoy!

General

1. please > sudo

When you run please, it stores your authentication to your terminal session by running sudo !! as its alias. The user will be prompted to provide the password where necessary.

2. ls > ls -G

3. ll > ls -Gal

4. rm > rm -i

5. la > ls -A

6. l > ls -CF

7. lsa > ls -lasthc

8. lsd > ls -adG

This was Isams' favorite list command.

GIT

1. gs > git status

gs runs git status as its alias.

2. gfa > git fetch --all

gfa runs git fetch --all as its alias.

3. gl > git log

gl runs git log -n5 as its alias.

4. gc "Some long message." > git commit - m "Some long message."

gc "Some long message." runs git commit -m "Some long message." as its alias. The user still needs to provide the message, by replacing the placeholder text in this example.

5. gco someBranch > git checkout "someBranch"

gco someBranch runs git checkout someBranch as its alias. The user still needs to provide the branch, by replacing the placeholder text in this example.

6. gb someOtherBranch > git checkout -b someOtherBranch

gb runs git checkout -b someOtherBranch as its alias. The user still needs to provide the branch, by replacing the placeholder text in this example.

7. ga > git add -A .

ga runs git add -A . as its alias. This won't allow to add specific files.

8. gd > git diff

gd runs git diff as its alias.

9. gpsu > git push --set-upstream origin master

gpsu runs git push --set-upstream origin master as its alias. Only useful when initializing a repository.

10. gp > git push

gp runs git push as its alias. Provided user runs ga && gc "Some long message."

gm someBranch > git merge someBranch

gm someBranch runs git merge someBranch as its alias. The user still needs to provide the branch, by replacing the placeholder text in this example.

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# utilities for zip files and linting
alias untar='tar -zxvf '
alias untar2='tar -xvjf '
alias jsl='jslint --nomen '

# customized grep commands
alias scan='grep -Rin --color'
alias scan_case='grep -Rn --color -l' # case-sensitive
alias scan_lite='grep -Rin --color -l' # only display filenames
alias scan_fast='grep -Rin --color --mmap'

# this shows files with size (bytes) of at least N digits
alias du_bytes='du -s * | grep "^[0-9]\{1\}"'
alias du_kb='du -s * | grep "^[0-9]\{4\}"'
alias du_mb='du -s * | grep "^[0-9]\{7\}"'
alias du_gb='du -s * | grep "^[0-9]\{10\}"'
alias du_n='du -s * | grep \"^[0-9]\{$1\}\"'