Commands using alias (240)

  • Print one . instead of each line

    If you're running a command with a lot of output, this serves as a simple progress indicator. This avoids the need to use `/dev/null` for silencing. It works for any command that outputs lines, updates live (`fflush` avoids buffering), and is simple to understand. Show Sample Output


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    alias ...="awk '{fflush(); printf \".\"}' && echo \"\""
    lgarron · 2014-02-22 22:20:22 15
  • Quick case-insenstive partial filename search

    This is a simple command, but extremely useful. It's a quick way to search the file names in the current directory for a substring. Normally people use "ls *term*" but that requires the stars and is not case insensitive. Color (for both ls and grep) is an added bonus.


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    alias lg='ls --color=always | grep --color=always -i'
    kFiddle · 2009-04-11 23:15:12 8
  • Look for IPv4 address in files.

    It finds a SNMP OID too :-( Show Sample Output


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    alias ip4grep "grep -E '([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}'"
    azumakuniyuki · 2009-02-09 15:08:16 11
  • print all network interfaces' names and IPv4 addresses

    ifconfig can't properly display interface's name longer 9 symbols,also it can't show IPs added thru ip command, so 'ip' should be used instead. This alias properly shows long names, bond interfaces and all interface aliases. loopback interface is ignored, since its IP is obvious Show Sample Output


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    alias ips='ip a | awk '\''/inet /&&!/ lo/{print $NF,$2}'\'' | column -t'
    zolden · 2010-03-06 20:33:04 3
  • Get a list of all TODO/FIXME tasks left to be done in your project

    Place this in your .bashrc (or run it once) to set the `tasks` alias. Next time you enter `tasks` into a terminal, it will give you a list of all TODO and FIXME comments in the current directory and child directories, giving you a quick overview of what you still have to do!


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    alias tasks='grep --exclude-dir=.git -rEI "TODO|FIXME" . 2>/dev/null'
    joepie91 · 2013-10-17 16:40:10 28
  • Simple colourized JSON formatting for BASH

    Leave out pygmentize or `pip install pygments` first. Show Sample Output


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    alias pp='python -mjson.tool|pygmentize -l js'
    wires · 2014-05-22 10:29:44 11
  • A nice command for summarising repeated information


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    alias counts=sort | uniq -c | sort -nr
    porges · 2009-02-05 08:24:02 518
  • list files with last modified at the end


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    alias lrt='ls -lart'
    lhb · 2009-02-16 11:19:29 118
  • Short and sweet output from dig(1)

    Turn off almost all of dig's output except for what you'd see in a zone file. This can also be put into ~/.digrc. Show Sample Output


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    alias ds='dig +noauthority +noadditional +noqr +nostats +noidentify +nocmd +noquestion +nocomments'
    SaintAardvark · 2009-02-19 17:32:56 4
  • get a desktop notification from the terminal

    tired of switching to the console to check if some command has finished yet? if notify-send does not work on your box try this one... e.g. rsync -av -e /usr/bin/lsh $HOME slowconnection.bar:/mnt/backup ; z (now fire up X, do something useful, get notified if this stuff has finished).


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    alias z='zenity --info --text="You will not believe it, but your command has finished now! :-)" --display :0.0'
    bubo · 2009-08-03 16:38:29 6
  • Define an alias with a correct completion

    In Bash, when defining an alias, one usually loses the completion related to the function used in that alias (that completion is usually defined in /etc/bash_completion using the complete builtin). It's easy to reuse the work done for that completion in order to have smart completion for our alias. That's what is done by this command line (that's only an example but it may be very easy to reuse). Note 1 : You can use given command line in a loop "for old in apt-get apt-cache" if you want to define aliases like that for many commands. Note 2 : You can put the output of the command directly in your .bashrc file (after the ". /etc/bash_completion") to always have the alias and its completion Show Sample Output


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    old='apt-get'; new="su-${old}"; command="sudo ${old}"; alias "${new}=${command}"; $( complete | sed -n "s/${old}$/${new}/p" ); alias ${new}; complete -p ${new}
    Josay · 2009-08-10 00:15:05 4
  • shell function to make gnu info act like man.

    I use this alias in my bashrc. The --vi-keys option makes info use vi-like and less-like key bindings.


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    alias info='info --vi-keys'
    eightmillion · 2010-02-16 16:35:17 4
  • Debug SSH at the Maximum Verbosity Level

    When debugging an ssh connection either to optimize your settings ie compression, ciphers, or more commonly for debugging an issue connecting, this alias comes in real handy as it's not easy to remember the '-o LogLevel=DEBUG3' argument, which adds a boost of debugging info not available with -vvv alone. Especially useful are the FD info, and the setup negotiation to create a cleaner, faster connection. Show Sample Output


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    alias sshv='ssh -vvv -o LogLevel=DEBUG3'
    AskApache · 2010-10-30 11:23:52 4
  • An alias to re-run last command with sudo. Similar to "sudo !!"

    I didn't come up with this myself, but I always add this to my .bash_aliases file. It's essentially the same idea as running "sudo !!" except it's much easier to type. (You can't just alias "sudo !!", it doesn't really work for reasons I don't understand.) "fc" is a shell built-in for editing and re-running previous commands. The -l flag tells it to display the line rather than edit it, and the -n command tells it to omit the line number. -1 tells it to print the previous line. For more detail: help fc


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    alias please='sudo $(fc -ln -1)'
    suspenderguy · 2018-06-13 20:20:19 237
  • ring the bell


    3
    alias beep='echo -en "\007"'
    adavies42 · 2009-02-05 10:14:24 33
  • rot13 simple substitution cipher via command line

    E.g. Useful for hiding spoilers in reviews, etc. Show Sample Output


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    alias rot13='perl -pe "y/A-Za-z/N-ZA-Mn-za-m/;"'
    abcde · 2009-02-06 14:22:43 13
  • show all programs connected or listening on a network port

    Use the aliased command 'nsl'


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    alias nsl 'netstat -f inet | grep -v CLOSE_WAIT | cut -c-6,21-94 | tail +2'
    mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:54:12 10
  • Print stack trace of a core file without needing to enter gdb interactively

    The pstack command prints a stack trace of running processes without needing to attach a debugger, but what about core files? The answer, of course, is to use this command. Usage: gdbbt program corefile


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    alias gdbbt="gdb -q -n -ex bt -batch"
    TeacherTiger · 2009-11-10 22:56:59 650
  • Burn a directory of mp3s to an audio cd.

    This uses mpg123 to convert the files to wav before burning, but you can use mplayer or mencoder or ffmpeg or lame with the --decode option, or whatever you like.


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    alias burnaudiocd='mkdir ./temp && for i in *.[Mm][Pp]3;do mpg123 -w "./temp/${i%%.*}.wav" "$i";done;cdrecord -pad ./temp/* && rm -r ./temp'
    eightmillion · 2009-11-21 19:57:18 3
  • Command to Show a List of Special Characters for bash prompt (PS1)

    I use this command (PS1) to show a list bash prompt's special characters. I tested it against A flavor of Red Hat Linux and Mac OS X Show Sample Output


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    alias PS1="man bash | sed -n '/ASCII bell/,/end a sequence/p'"
    haivu · 2010-01-15 23:39:28 3
  • kills rapidly spawning processes that spawn faster than you can repeat the killall command

    if you dont want to alias also then you can do killall rapidly_spawning_process ; !! ; !! ; !!


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    alias a=" killall rapidly_spawning_process"; a; a; a;
    raj77_in · 2010-05-20 02:33:28 3
  • View advanced Sort options, Quick Reference Help Alias

    Once you get into advanced/optimized scripts, functions, or cli usage, you will use the sort command alot. The options are difficult to master/memorize however, and when you use sort commands as much as I do (some examples below), it's useful to have the help available with a simple alias. I love this alias as I never seem to remember all the options for sort, and I use sort like crazy (much better than uniq for example). # Sorts by file permissions find . -maxdepth 1 -printf '%.5m %10M %p\n' | sort -k1 -r -g -bS 20% 00761 drwxrw---x ./tmp 00755 drwxr-xr-x . 00701 drwx-----x ./askapache-m 00644 -rw-r--r-- ./.htaccess # Shows uniq history fast history 1000 | sed 's/^[0-9 ]*//' | sort -fubdS 50% exec bash -lxv export TERM=putty-256color Taken from my http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html Show Sample Output


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    alias sorth='sort --help|sed -n "/^ *-[^-]/s/^ *\(-[^ ]* -[^ ]*\) *\(.*\)/\1:\2/p"|column -ts":"'
    AskApache · 2010-06-10 21:30:31 9
  • sudo for entire line (including pipes and redirects)

    USAGE: $ sudor your command This command uses a dirty hack with history, so be sure you not turned it off. WARNING! This command behavior differ from other commands. It more like text macro, so you shouldn't use it in subshells, non-interactive sessions, other functions/aliases and so on. You shouldn't pipe into sudor (any string that prefixes sudor will be removed), but if you really want, use this commands: proceed_sudo () { sudor_command="`HISTTIMEFORMAT=\"\" history 1 | sed -r -e 's/^.*?sudor//' -e 's/\"/\\\"/g'`" ; pre_sudor_command="`history 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 5- | sed -r -e 's/sudor.*$//' -e 's/\"/\\\"/g'`"; if [ -n "${pre_sudor_command/ */}" ] ; then eval "${pre_sudor_command%| *}" | sudo sh -c "$sudor_command"; else sudo sh -c "$sudor_command" ;fi ;}; alias sudor="proceed_sudo # "


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    proceed_sudo () { sudor_command="`HISTTIMEFORMAT=\"\" history 1 | sed -r -e 's/^.*?sudor//' -e 's/\"/\\\"/g'`" ; sudo sh -c "$sudor_command"; }; alias sudor="proceed_sudo # "
    mechmind · 2010-06-29 14:56:29 5
  • Alias for lazy tmux create/reattach

    If a tmux session is already running attach it, otherwise create a new one. Useful if you often forget about running tmuxes (or just don't care)


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    alias ltmux="if tmux has; then tmux attach; else tmux new; fi"
    tensorpudding · 2010-07-19 01:27:47 5
  • Bash alias for creating screen session containing IRSSI, named irssi, while checking if existing session is created

    Bash alias for easy irssi within screen, attempts to attach to existing irssi session, if one exists, otherwise creates one - Including wipe for when system reboots and leaves "dead" session.


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    alias irssi="screen -wipe; screen -A -U -x -R -S irssi irssi"
    djsmiley2k · 2010-12-15 09:10:53 3
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Find all videos under current directory
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list files recursively by size

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apt-get upgrade with bandwidth limit
in Debian-based systems apt-get could be limited to the specified bandwidth in kilobytes using the apt configuration options(man 5 apt.conf, man apt-get). I'd quote man 5 apt.conf: "The used bandwidth can be limited with Acquire::http::Dl-Limit which accepts integer values in kilobyte. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and tries uses as much as possible of the bandwidth..." "HTTPS URIs. Cache-control, Timeout, AllowRedirect, Dl-Limit and proxy options are the same as for http..."

Copy via tar pipe while preserving file permissions (cp does not!; run this command with root!)
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Convert CSV to JSON
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diff two unsorted files without creating temporary files
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