Dotfiles

# Aliases

Aliases allow you to create shortcuts for shell commands that you use frequently. This allows you to be more productive and efficient by reducing the amount of typing you have to do when using the shell regularly. As an example, instead of typing git status you could type gst to obtain the same result.

This is a great way to save time and reduce considerably the amount of typing you have to do when using the terminal on a daily basis which helps you to be more productive and efficient.

# Presets

Dotfiles has a collection of configuration presets and diverse recipes that you can use to get started with.

# Automatic System detection

Dotfiles contains a utility function for detecting the current ls flavor that is in use in order to help setting up the right LS_COLORS environment variables to your system.

The LS_COLORS environment variable is used by the ls command to colorize the output of the command.

# Check built-in aliases

Type the following alias command in your terminal:

alias

# GNU Find utilities aliases

macOS systems are based on BSD, rather than on GNU/Linux like RedHat, Debian, and Ubuntu. As a result, a lot of the command line tools that ship with macOS aren’t 100% compatible. For example, the find command on macOS doesn’t support the -printf option, which is used by the locate command. This means that the locate command doesn’t work on macOS. To fix this, you can install the GNU versions of these commands, which are fully compatible with the Linux versions.

The GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities of the GNU operating system. These programs are typically used in conjunction with other programs to provide modular and powerful directory search and file locating capabilities to other commands.

The tools supplied with this package are:

  • find - search for files in a directory hierarchy
  • locate - list files in databases that match a pattern
  • updatedb - update a file name database
  • xargs - build and execute command lines from standard input

Type the following alias command in your terminal:

brew install findutils

# The Dotfiles aliases

The files provided in Dotfiles contain a few opinionated aliases that you might find useful. These are defined in the ./dist/lib/aliases directory and loaded automatically when you start a new shell session.

The aliases are loaded either by the ~/.bashrc file if you are using the Bash shell, or in the ~/.zshrc file if you are using the Zsh shell.

They have been grouped by logical categories:

  • archives - Aliases for working with archives.
  • cd - Aliases for working with directories.
  • chmod - Aliases for working with file permissions.
  • clear - Aliases for clearing the terminal screen.
  • default - The default aliases that are loaded for all users, regardless of the shell they are using, and of the operating system they are on,
  • dig - Aliases for working with DNS.
  • du - Aliases for working with disk usage.
  • editor - Aliases for working with the editor.
  • find - Aliases for working with the fd command.
  • gcloud - Aliases for working with the gcloud command.
  • git - Aliases for working with Git.
  • gnu - Aliases for working with GNU Core utilities.
  • heroku - Aliases for working with the Heroku CLI.
  • interactive - Aliases for working with interactive commands.
  • jekyll - Aliases for working with Jekyll.
  • list - Aliases for working with the ls command.
  • make - Aliases for working with the make command.
  • mkdir - Aliases for working with the mkdir command.
  • npm - Aliases for working with the npm command.
  • pnpm - Aliases for working with the pnpm command.
  • ps - Aliases for working with the ps command.
  • rsync - Aliases for working with the rsync command.
  • rust - Aliases for working with the Rust programming language.
  • subversion - Aliases for working with Subversion.
  • sudo - Aliases for working with the sudo command.
  • tmux - Aliases for working with the tmux command.
  • update - Aliases for working with the update command.
  • uuid - Aliases for working with the uuid command.
  • wget - Aliases for working with the wget command.