# Easier navigation: .., ..., ...., ....., ~ and - alias ..="cd .." alias ...="cd ../.." alias ....="cd ../../.." alias .....="cd ../../../.." alias ~="cd ~" # `cd` is probably faster to type though alias -- -="cd -" # Shortcuts alias d="cd ~/Documents/Dropbox" alias dl="cd ~/Downloads" alias dt="cd ~/Desktop" alias p="cd ~/Projects" alias g="git" alias h="history" alias j="jobs" alias v="vim" alias m="mate ." alias s="subl ." alias o="open" alias oo="open ." # Detect which `ls` flavor is in use if ls --color > /dev/null 2>&1; then # GNU `ls` colorflag="--color" else # OS X `ls` colorflag="-G" fi # List all files colorized in long format alias l="ls -l ${colorflag}" # List all files colorized in long format, including dot files alias la="ls -la ${colorflag}" # List only directories alias lsd='ls -l ${colorflag} | grep "^d"' # Always use color output for `ls` alias ls="command ls ${colorflag}" export LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35:' # Enable aliases to be sudo’ed alias sudo='sudo ' # Gzip-enabled `curl` alias gurl='curl --compressed' # Get week number alias week='date +%V' # Get OS X Software Updates, and update installed Ruby gems, Homebrew, npm, and their installed packages alias update='sudo softwareupdate -i -a; brew update; brew upgrade; brew cleanup; npm update npm -g; npm update -g; sudo gem update' # IP addresses alias ip="dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com" alias localip="ipconfig getifaddr en1" alias ips="ifconfig -a | grep -o 'inet6\? \(\([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\)\|[a-fA-F0-9:]\+\)' | sed -e 's/inet6* //'" # Enhanced WHOIS lookups alias whois="whois -h whois-servers.net" # Flush Directory Service cache alias flush="dscacheutil -flushcache && killall -HUP mDNSResponder" # Clean up LaunchServices to remove duplicates in the “Open With” menu alias lscleanup="/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user && killall Finder" # View HTTP traffic alias sniff="sudo ngrep -d 'en1' -t '^(GET|POST) ' 'tcp and port 80'" alias httpdump="sudo tcpdump -i en1 -n -s 0 -w - | grep -a -o -E \"Host\: .*|GET \/.*\"" # Canonical hex dump; some systems have this symlinked command -v hd > /dev/null || alias hd="hexdump -C" # OS X has no `md5sum`, so use `md5` as a fallback command -v md5sum > /dev/null || alias md5sum="md5" # OS X has no `sha1sum`, so use `shasum` as a fallback command -v sha1sum > /dev/null || alias sha1sum="shasum" # Trim new lines and copy to clipboard alias c="tr -d '\n' | pbcopy" # Recursively delete `.DS_Store` files alias cleanup="find . -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete" # ROT13-encode text. Works for decoding, too! ;) alias rot13='tr a-zA-Z n-za-mN-ZA-M' # Empty the Trash on all mounted volumes and the main HDD # Also, clear Apple’s System Logs to improve shell startup speed alias emptytrash="sudo rm -rfv /Volumes/*/.Trashes; sudo rm -rfv ~/.Trash; sudo rm -rfv /private/var/log/asl/*.asl" # Show/hide hidden files in Finder alias show="defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true && killall Finder" alias hide="defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false && killall Finder" # Hide/show all desktop icons (useful when presenting) alias hidedesktop="defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false && killall Finder" alias showdesktop="defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true && killall Finder" # URL-encode strings alias urlencode='python -c "import sys, urllib as ul; print ul.quote_plus(sys.argv[1]);"' # Merge PDF files # Usage: `mergepdf -o output.pdf input{1,2,3}.pdf` alias mergepdf='/System/Library/Automator/Combine\ PDF\ Pages.action/Contents/Resources/join.py' # Disable Spotlight alias spotoff="sudo mdutil -a -i off" # Enable Spotlight alias spoton="sudo mdutil -a -i on" # PlistBuddy alias, because sometimes `defaults` just doesn’t cut it alias plistbuddy="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy" # Ring the terminal bell, and put a badge on Terminal.app’s Dock icon # (useful when executing time-consuming commands) alias badge="tput bel" # Intuitive map function # For example, to list all directories that contain a certain file: # find . -name .gitattributes | map dirname alias map="xargs -n1" # One of @janmoesen’s ProTip™s for method in GET HEAD POST PUT DELETE TRACE OPTIONS; do alias "$method"="lwp-request -m '$method'" done # Stuff I never really use but cannot delete either because of http://xkcd.com/530/ alias stfu="osascript -e 'set volume output muted true'" alias pumpitup="osascript -e 'set volume 7'" alias hax="growlnotify -a 'Activity Monitor' 'System error' -m 'WTF R U DOIN'"