Over the years, I have collected a number of shell aliases from various blog posts and websites that have tremendously helped me navigate and automate confusing workflows and remember complicated terminal commands. This post, for what it’s worth, is about giving back to the developer community with me sharing aliases I find to be extremely useful in hopes that you, dear reader, also find them useable and productive.
There may be better options for housing such aliases, but for better or worse, all commands are to be put inside ~/.profile, all of which have been exercised on macOS.
Activate Profile
alias editp='edit ~/.profile'
alias actp='source ~/.profile'
Change Directory
alias cd..='cd ../' # Go back 1 directory level (for fast typers)
alias ..='cd ../' # Go back 1 directory level
alias ...='cd ../../' # Go back 2 directory levels
alias .3='cd ../../../' # Go back 3 directory levels
alias .4='cd ../../../../' # Go back 4 directory levels
alias .5='cd ../../../../../' # Go back 5 directory levels
alias .6='cd ../../../../../../' # Go back 6 directory levels
Editors
alias edit="code" # Visual Studio Code
alias this="edit ."
alias subl="/Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl $@"
alias this="edit ."
Variables for Colorful Output
BOLD=$(tput bold)
BLACK=$(tput setaf 0)
WHITE=$(tput setaf 7)
BLUE=$(tput setaf 4)
GREEN=$(tput setaf 2)
NORMAL=$(tput sgr0)
Mastering the SSH Agent
export env=$HOME/.ssh/environment
function agent_is_running() {
if [ "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
# ssh-add returns:
# 0 = agent running, has keys
# 1 = agent running, no keys
# 2 = agent not running
ssh-add -l >/dev/null 2>&1 || [ $? -eq 1 ]
else
false
fi
}
function agent_has_keys() {
ssh-add -l >/dev/null 2>&1
}
function agent_load_env() {
. "$env" >/dev/null
}
function agent_start() {
echo "Starting SSH agent..."
(umask 077; ssh-agent >"$env")
. "$env" >/dev/null
}
function add_all_keys() {
echo "Adding SSH keys..."
ls ~/.ssh | grep ^id_rsa.*$ | sed "s:^:`echo ~`/.ssh/:" | xargs -n 1 ssh-add
}
if ! agent_is_running; then
agent_load_env
fi
# if your keys are not stored in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub or ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub, you'll need
# to paste the proper path after ssh-add
if ! agent_is_running; then
agent_start
add_all_keys
elif ! agent_has_keys; then
add_all_keys
fi
echo `ssh-add -l | wc -l` SSH keys registered.
unset env
Fancy Git Prompt
if [ -f "$(brew --prefix bash-git-prompt)/share/gitprompt.sh" ]; then
GIT_PROMPT_THEME=Default
source "$(brew --prefix bash-git-prompt)/share/gitprompt.sh"
fi
Switch JDK Versions
function setjdk() {
if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
removeFromPath '/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/bin'
if [ -n "${JAVA_HOME+x}" ]; then
removeFromPath "$JAVA_HOME/bin"
fi
export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v $@`
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
echo -e "JAVA_HOME to $@"
fi
}
function removeFromPath() {
export PATH=$(echo $PATH | sed -E -e "s;:$1;;" -e "s;$1:?;;")
}
…where you can do:
setjdk 1.8
or:
setjdk 11
Spawn Databases via Docker
function mysql() {
docker run --name mysql -p3306:3306 --env="MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=password" --env="MYSQL_DATABASE=test" -d mysql
}
function sqlserver() {
docker run -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'SA_PASSWORD=p@ssw0rd' -p 1433:1433 microsoft/mssql-server-linux:2017-CU7
}
Gradle
Dependency Insight
function gdep() {
./gradlew dependencyInsight --configuration "$2" --dependency "$1"
}
…where you can do:
gdep compileClasspath jackson
Properties
alias gprop="edit ~/.gradle/gradle.properties"
Helpers
alias openPorts='sudo lsof -i | grep LISTEN'
alias cls="clear"
alias del='rm'
alias path='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}'
alias hostfile="sudo atom /etc/hosts" # Requires Atom
function mcd() {
mkdir -p "$1" && cd "$1";
}
alias dir="ls -a -l"
alias myip="curl ifconfig.co/json"
Docker
Search & Destroy
alias dkc="docker stop $(docker ps -aq); docker rm $(docker ps -aq)";
SSH Into Container
function dockerssh() {
export CID=$(docker ps -aqf "name=$1"); docker exec -it $CID /bin/bash
}
Git
Commit Changes
function gc() {
echo -e "${GREEN}Commit message:\n${WHITE}\t$1\n${NORMAL}"
echo "Adding all changes..."
git add --all
echo "Committing changes..."
git commit -S -am "$1"
echo "Fetching all submodules..."
modules=($(git submodule | awk '{print $2}'))
for module in "${modules[@]}"; do
echo -e "\tSwitching to module ${WHITE}${module}${NORMAL}"
pushd $module > /dev/null
echo -e "\tFetching status for module ${WHITE}${module}${NORMAL}"
modulestatus=$(git status --porcelain | wc -l)
if [[ $modulestatus -ne 0 ]]; then
echo -e "\t${GREEN}Updating module: ${WHITE}${module}${NORMAL}"
echo -e "\tAdding changes for module ${WHITE}${module}${NORMAL}"
git add --all
echo -e "\tCommitting changes for module ${WHITE}${module}${NORMAL}"
git commit -S -am "$1"
git status --short
else
echo -e "\tNo changes found to commit for module ${WHITE}${module}${NORMAL}"
fi
popd > /dev/null
done
echo -e "${GREEN}Done!\nStatus:${NORMAL}"
git status
}
Misc
alias delmerged="git branch --merged | grep -v "\*" | grep -v master | grep -v dev | xargs -n 1 git branch -d"
alias gco="git checkout $1"
alias gbo="git checkout -b $1"
alias gp="git push --set-upstream $1 $2"
alias gl="git pull $1 $2"
alias grs="git reset --hard && git clean -fd"
alias gba="git branch -a"
alias gbr="git branch -r"
alias gs="git status -s -b"
alias gpl="git pull origin master --no-edit --allow-unrelated-histories"
alias gps="git push origin master --recurse-submodules=on-demand "
alias gst="git status"
alias ggc="git gc --aggressive --prune=now"
Processes
function pidit() {
ps -ef | grep "$@" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'
}
function proc() {
ps -ef | grep "$@" | grep -v grep
}
function kp() {
ps -ef | grep "$1" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill
}
Search Aliases
function cm() {
alias | grep "$@" | head -n 1
}
Contribute to Apereo Blog
Once you have cloned the Apereo Blog repository:
alias blog="cd /path/to/apereo.github.io"
alias blogthis="blog; this"
That’s it. I hope you find these useful.