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Do you use aliases? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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command line aliases to make repeated processes quicker. I've used them in the past and on specific programs but never on command line utilities.

like for instance with Debian, I'm repeatedly typing sudo apt-get install, so I aliased it: alias sagi="sudo apt-get install" and it works pretty good.

Are there any best practices or aliases to avoid when using them? Other than known commands obviously. Are there popular alias lists out there?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (11 children)

alias more="less -cX"
alias moer=more
alias meor=more
alias meor=more
alias mroe=more
alias More=more

alias grpe=grep
alias gerp=grep
alias gpre=grep

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

In a big fan of the ‘fuck’ package for this. Try it out. Sudo apt install thefuck.

edit: oops got the name wrong; been a while since I installed it. Fuck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

@model_tar_gz @kometes "yay fuck" sounds better I believe

Does it *work*? IRL?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes it’s for real. I type fuck, it fixes my prompt, I accept and move on.

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