Post AakjClLEWAPFBpdchc by sbug@social.sinnesro.se
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(DIR) Post #AakRS7hlr3Q7iZM3kG by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
2023-10-14T03:22:43Z
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What are the shell aliases you find it difficult to live without?For me it's `set -o vi` keybindings (or `bindkey -v` if you're into C-shells) and ll='ls -l'.#unix #linux #shell #bash #ksh
(DIR) Post #AakRq2CVyEahb58XQ0 by brandon@mast.hpc.social
2023-10-14T03:27:03Z
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@jbowen I set grep=“grep -i” since I’m rarely aware of case sensitivity when I’m searching for something
(DIR) Post #AakU5MLNYsEKJziaUS by diazona@techhub.social
2023-10-14T03:52:14Z
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@jbowenI alias `rm`, `cp`, and `mv` to have the `-i` option by default on systems where I want to be particularly careful about overwriting things. (but not on all systems because I don't want to train myself to assume they will ask for confirmation)#unix #Linux #shell
(DIR) Post #AakUbsHANGjScjFgoa by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
2023-10-14T03:58:06Z
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@diazona yeah, there's a balance there to strike. It is definitely good advice, though :)
(DIR) Post #AakWwlciVEVnytQF3g by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
2023-10-14T04:24:17Z
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@brandon Fair enough. grep -i is pretty reflexive for me these days. Though often I'll drop the first letter of the word I'm searching for to get around casing.I'm also using ripgrep a lot these days.
(DIR) Post #AakXOjVDyupbVnFk7U by brandon@mast.hpc.social
2023-10-14T04:29:21Z
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@jbowen I’ve heard good things about ripgrep. There are a lot of tools like that I think I’d like, bat, exa, etc but I feel like I’m constantly switching servers and don’t have the same tools installed everywhere. This is what held me back from using zsh for so long too.
(DIR) Post #AakZ6G1L3Xf4lqalQu by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
2023-10-14T04:48:25Z
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@brandon On my primary workstations at home and work, I have things like that, also fd, difftastic, gping (one of my favorite things), and gron (the one non-Rust thing on this list).At work it's a mix of RHEL, Ubuntu, and AIX, so I'm usually not working with any "niceties".Then at home I have BSDs and Linux.So all of that keeps me to writing out commands long-form.BUT, as long as I can have vi-like keybindings and `ll`, I'm perfectly comfortable.
(DIR) Post #AakZkGRIv00JeXoWDQ by thuhtoosan@floss.social
2023-10-14T04:55:38Z
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@jbowen for me, it's ls="exa --list-directories-first" as I always prefer rust tools over everything else and want to see the directories first almost every time.
(DIR) Post #AakcLaRTi99mJUot72 by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
2023-10-14T05:24:46Z
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@thuhtoosan On my "primary" systems I have `exa` installed and have `alias ll='exa --long'.Speaking of Rust tools, do you use Zellij? I try it every once in a while, but I've been using tmux for sooooo long it's just difficult to change.
(DIR) Post #AakjClLEWAPFBpdchc by sbug@social.sinnesro.se
2023-10-14T06:41:38Z
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@jbowen l='ls -la'v='ls -l'
(DIR) Post #Aal2qcfW54ZL0IqUoi by sej7278@fosstodon.org
2023-10-14T10:21:44Z
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@jbowen I'm always wary of adding flags that I may forget I added that could get me into trouble, so would not advise aliasing command+flags to command, always make a new command like ll (which is always a surprise when I get command-not-found!)
(DIR) Post #AanLm90YNkoPoHSRUW by thuhtoosan@floss.social
2023-10-15T13:03:14Z
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@jbowen No, I haven't heard about Zellij. I just took a look, it looks cool but I don't think I'll ever use it as I prefer a clean UI with mandatory rounded corners (like Black Box). This is the same reason why I don't use Tmux either.