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) |
| lsr |
ls -lARFh |
List all files and directories recursively |
| lsn |
ls -1 |
List files and directories in a single column |
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 |
* Only if the fd command isn't installed.
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
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