"Life is too short to go without abbreviations and aliases in Bash."
Listing files and Directories
ls ls --color=auto
grep grep --color=auto
fgrep fgrep --color=auto
egrep egrep --color=auto
ll ls -alF
la ls -A
l ls -CF
zenity zenity 2>/dev/null
Screen management
c clear
Syntax highlighting for cat (requires ccat binary)
cat ccat --bg=dark $*
ccat ccat --bg=dark $*
Use python 3 in bash
python python3
pip python3.8 -m pip
pip3 python3.8 -m pip
Tmux
tmux tmux -2
Use Neovim instead of Vim
vim nvim
Vim keys to exit the shell
:q exit
Use x-terminal-emulator instead of xterm
xterm x-terminal-emulator
uxterm x-terminal-emulator
lxterm x-terminal-emulator
Start usbreset-helper, fuzzy device selection
usbreset usbreset-helper
Start a Surfraw web search in W3M terminal browser, fuzzy elvi selection
sr sr -browser=$BROWSERCLI
Start a Surfraw web search in the GUI browser, fuzzy elvi selection
surfraw surfraw -browser=$BROWSER
Shortcuts for Wireguard VPN
Start and stop the VPN using config file wg0...
w0u systemctl start wg-quick@wg0.service
w0d systemctl stop wg-quick@wg0.service
Start and stop the VPN using config file wg1...
w1u systemctl start wg-quick@wg1.service
w1d systemctl stop wg-quick@wg1.service
Start and stop the VPN using config file wg0...
w2u systemctl start wg-quick@wg2.service
w2d systemctl stop wg-quick@wg2.service
Copy VPN configs from present directory to /etc/wireguard
(root shell only -- not sudo)
wgxfr cp -f wg*.conf /etc/wireguard/
fzf Fuzzy Search previews text with ccat
fzf fzf --preview="ccat {}"
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