Common Aliases Plugin

This plugin creates helpful shortcut aliases for many commonly used commands.

To use it add common-aliases to the plugins array in your zshrc file:

plugins=(... common-aliases)

Aliases

ls command

Alias	Command	Description
l	ls -lFh	List files as a long list, show size, type, human-readable
la	ls -lAFh	List almost all files as a long list show size, type, human-readable
lr	ls -tRFh	List files recursively sorted by date, show type, human-readable
lt	ls -ltFh	List files as a long list sorted by date, show type, human-readable
ll	ls -l	List files as a long list
ldot	ls -ld .*	List dot files as a long list
lS	ls -1FSsh	List files showing only size and name sorted by size
lart	ls -1Fcart	List all files sorted in reverse of create/modification time (oldest first)
lrt	ls -1Fcrt	List files sorted in reverse of create/modification time(oldest first)

File handling

Alias	Command	Description
rm	rm -i	Remove a file
cp	cp -i	Copy a file
mv	mv -i	Move a file
zshrc	${=EDITOR} ~/.zshrc	Quickly access the ~/.zshrc file
dud	du -d 1 -h	Display the size of files at depth 1 in current location in human-readable form
duf	du -sh	Display the size of files in current location in human-readable form
t	tail -f	Shorthand for tail which outputs the last part of a file

find and grep

Alias	Command	Description
fd	find . -type d -name	Find a directory with the given name
ff	find . -type f -name	Find a file with the given name
grep	grep --color	Searches for a query string
sgrep	grep -R -n -H -C 5 --exclude-dir={.git,.svn,CVS}	Useful for searching within files

Other Aliases

Alias	Command	Description
h	history	Lists all recently used commands
hgrep	fc -El 0 | grep	Searches for a word in the list of previously used commands
help	man	Opens up the man page for a command
p	ps -f	Displays currently executing processes
sortnr	sort -n -r	Used to sort the lines of a text file
unexport	unset	Used to unset an environment variable

Global aliases

These aliases are expanded in any position in the command line, meaning you can use them even at the end of the command you've typed. Examples:

Quickly pipe to less:

$ ls -l /var/log L
# will run
$ ls -l /var/log | less

Silences stderr output:

$ find . -type f NE
# will run
$ find . -type f 2>/dev/null

Alias	Command	Description
H	| head	Pipes output to head which outputs the first part of a file
T	| tail	Pipes output to tail which outputs the last part of a file
G	| grep	Pipes output to grep to search for some word
L	| less	Pipes output to less, useful for paging
M	| most	Pipes output to more, useful for paging
LL	2>&1 | less	Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to less
CA	2>&1 | cat -A	Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to cat
NE	2 > /dev/null	Silences stderr
NUL	> /dev/null 2>&1	Silences both stdout and stderr
P	2>&1| pygmentize -l pytb	Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to pygmentize

File extension aliases

These are special aliases that are triggered when a file name is passed as the command. For example, if the pdf file extension is aliased to acroread (a popular Linux pdf reader), when running file.pdf that file will be open with acroread.

Reading Docs

Alias	Command	Description
pdf	acroread	Opens up a document using acroread
ps	gv	Opens up a .ps file using gv
dvi	xdvi	Opens up a .dvi file using xdvi
chm	xchm	Opens up a .chm file using xchm
djvu	djview	Opens up a .djvu file using djview

Listing files inside a packed file

Alias	Command	Description
zip	unzip -l	Lists files inside a .zip file
rar	unrar l	Lists files inside a .rar file
tar	tar tf	Lists files inside a .tar file
tar.gz	echo	Lists files inside a .tar.gz file
ace	unace l	Lists files inside a .ace file

Some other features

• Opens urls in terminal using browser specified by the variable $BROWSER
• Opens C, C++, Tex and text files using editor specified by the variable $EDITOR
• Opens images using image viewer specified by the variable $XIVIEWER
• Opens videos and other media using mplayer