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Commands by expelledboy

Terminal - Commands by expelledboy - 7 results

alias rrm='/bin/rm -i'; alias rm='trash'

2012-08-12 14:02:24

User: expelledboy

Functions: alias

Tags: rm safe

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Safely remove files from the terminal

Replace rm, a neat shortcut, with a less permanent method of removal.

Note may require you to install the trash client; "sudo apt-get -y install trash-cli"

ff() { find -maxdepth 3 -type f | grep -i "$1"; }; fd() { find -maxdepth 4 -type d | grep -i "$1"; }

2012-08-12 13:44:39

User: expelledboy

Functions: find grep

Tags: find simple

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Quickly find files and folders in the current directory

My most used bash function without a doubt!

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alias irc="screen -D -R -S chatclient irssi"

2012-08-12 13:24:43

User: expelledboy

Functions: alias

Tags: bash screen alias irssi

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Keep one instance of an irc chat client in a screen session

This command attempts to attach to existing irssi session, if one exists, otherwise creates one.

I use "irc" because I use different irc clients depending on what system I am working on. Consistency is queen.

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alias ls='if [[ -f .hidden ]]; then while read l; do opts+=(--hide="$l"); done < .hidden; fi; ls --color=auto "${opts[@]}"'

2012-08-12 13:10:23

User: expelledboy

Functions: alias ls read

Tags: hidden ls alias

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Hide files in ls, by adding support for .hidden files!

Sometimes I would like to see hidden files, prefix with a period, but some files or folders I never want to see (and really wish I could just remove all together).

alias md='mkdir -p'; alias rd='rmdir'; mcd () { mkdir "$@" && cd "$_"; }

2012-08-12 12:54:51

User: expelledboy

Functions: alias cd mcd mkdir

Tags: cd directories mkdir

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Directory management

I realise that this is just a reiteration of another entry (regardless of whether I came up with all this all by myself), but I would like present my additional alias' in context as a method of managing your directories. Rather convenient.

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alias ':q'='exit'; alias ':e'='vim';

2012-08-12 12:35:10

User: expelledboy

Functions: alias

Tags: vim alias

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Alias nasty quick vim habits

This was me just succumbing to the habits, but now I rarely use quit or vim directly, so beware! :)

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cmdfu(){ local TCF="/var/tmp/cmdfu"; echo " Searching..."; curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$(echo "$@" | sed 's/ /-/g')/$(echo -n $@ | base64)/plaintext" --silent > "$TCF"; vim -c "set filetype=sh" -RM "$TCF"; rm "$TCF"; }

2011-12-06 10:01:27

User: expelledboy

Functions: echo rm vim

Tags: vim color search, commandlinefu api

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Search commandlinefu.com and display with VIMs syntax highlighting!

Multi-argument version, but with VIM loveliness :D

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