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Is it possible to define directory-sensitive aliases in zsh (or any other shell)?
I want to use different aliases (or perhaps: the same alias differently) depending on the current working directory. For example, I might want to use l as a shorthand for ls with some extra options. ...
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Aliases don't work in interactive zsh
I have a curious problem where my aliases are listed when I type alias, but they are not executable.
Here, I try to alias d to date:
% which alias
alias: shell built-in command
% alias d=/usr/bin/...
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Having sudo and non-sudo parts in an alias - why does it not work with >>?
I was trying to use an alias which should run two commands, where the first is fine to be run with normal user privileges and the second one needs sudo privileges.
alias hosts-get="scp [email protected]:...
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How to supress aliases errors in zsh?
I want to have single list of aliases that I source to my .zshrc on all my computers and sync. But on one computer I have docker installed, and on another I don't. And every time I open terminal get ...
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How to pipe into zsh with alias expansion?
I'm trying to run a line from history by piping it into zsh with:
cat ~/.zsh_history | cut -d ';' -f 2 | sk --tac | zsh
This works if the line I pick interactively with sk is a command that is ...
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How to use `which` on an aliased command?
Like most users, I have a bunch of aliases set up to give a default set of flags for frequently used programs. For instance,
alias vim='vim -X'
alias grep='grep -E'
alias ls='ls -G'
The problem is ...
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How can I automatically fix cd typos?
I often type quickly and will mistype cd ../ as c d../, and for some reason on most of the Linux servers I work on that gives about a 4-5 second delay before telling me it was wrong. Is there a way to ...
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Setting up aliases for a history expansion pattern
similar to the existing $_ which I learned stands for !-1:$, I would like to create aliases for $__, $___ and so on which refer to the 2nd or 3rd -last command. I have tried adding
alias "$__"='!-2:$'...
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Expand alias in ZSH history
I have the following alias in my zshrc
alias nif='nvim $(rg --files | fzf -m || echo +qa)'
Essentially, I use rg (ripgrep) to show all the files in the current directory and in sub directories. This ...
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How to reset a shell environment?
This issue has been bugging me for a while, and although I've thought I've found my answer through EnvWatcher, unfortunately it only works on Bash. And I use zsh.
I would like to replicate the things ...
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How to get file path which was selected and make copy in dolphin KDE and paste on zsh?
➜ ~ cat .zshrc | grep xclip
alias c="xclip -selection c"
alias -g v='"$(xclip -selection c -o)"'
➜ ~ v
zsh: 没有那���文件或目录: file:///home/roach/Downloads/pure.png
➜ ~
The Chinese words "没有那个文件或目录" ...
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What is the best way for storing and versioning his aliases/functions/symlinks?
actually I have these lines (exemplary) in my .zshrc file:
. ${TOOLS_HOME}/cli/.cli_base
. ${TOOLS_HOME}/cli/.cli_functions
. ${TOOLS_HOME}/cli/.cli_symlinks
This works fine so far. My only problem ...
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How do I put an argument into the BROWSER variable?
I like to be able to do export BROWSER="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg". I tried this directly, and I also tried setting an alias alias lynx="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg", but these didn't work. (Meaning that tools ...
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How to use aliases with auto completion in oh-my-zsh?
I'm using zsh on MacOS El Capitan. I'm wondering how auto completion has to be parameterized to resolve aliases as well.
When I used bash, my .bash_profile contained the following:
alias mdb "mongo -...
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Using heredoc in zsh aliases
I would like to use heredoc in a zsh alias, for example:
alias runthing="cd ~; date << HERE
date
HERE"
However every time I run this alias, the shell acts as if I have not terminated the ...
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