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how to alias the `history` function in fish shell
I'm trying to set the fish history pager to be bat -l fish for syntax highlighting.
(i.e. set the PAGER environment variable bat -l fish just for the history command).
I tried:
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alias history &...
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fish shell: universal variables and alias not shared between "contexts"
I use fish shell mainly from Rider IDE and iTerm2.
I've noticed that every task that implies saving something for future sessions will not operate transparently between the two aforementioned contexts....
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like history and fc but for a personalized list of useful commands
I have spent a few hours trying to get an easy access to my most useful commands I have to use in a certain environment, I have the "incredible" idea of using history for that purpose, to ...
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How to set environment variables automatically?
So I do research in machine learning and use a remote GPU server to do the stuff. What I usually do when I come to work is access the server with an SSH client and run my alias hi command which is:
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How can I dynamically change a path in my aliases?
I have a bunch of aliases in my .cshrc file which use the path:
/projects/project_name/my_name/$CLIENT
I've written a short script which is intended to take a folder name from my working directory ...
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How to create an environment variable that is the output of a command
How do I create an environment variable that is the result of a specific command?
Specifically, I want an environment variable ($BWD) that is the basename of $PWD
$ cd /home/devel/Autils/lib
$ echo $...
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How do I put an argument into the BROWSER variable?
I like to be able to do export BROWSER="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg". I tried this directly, and I also tried setting an alias alias lynx="lynx -cfg=~/.lynx.cfg", but these didn't work. (Meaning that tools ...
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ssh preserve environment
I want to send a command to a client server
ssh <client-machine> command
However, command is an alias defined on the machine sending the command. Also I use variables in the command script ...
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alias for date-stamping to create a directory(in .bashrc) [duplicate]
I am trying to create an alias in .bashrc to time-stamp a directory.
Obviously, it's not working out too well for me.
For example:
under .bashrc
alias testit="export testor=$(date +%d);mkdir ~/...
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How to save an alias of an eval $(other_comand) command
I've been using docker for a while and there's a command I write each time I boot up my docker:
eval $(docker-machine env)
I know eval shouldn't be used unless necessary, but it's mentioned by the ...
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Can I use an environment variable to define an alias?
I'm using an automation engine to run perl scripts. script_X requires a wrapper script so it's run like:
wrapper_script script_X --parameters
But the automation engine can't understand that ...
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How can I add default command line parameters to an executable in a way that will also work on GUI apps? [duplicate]
I want to pass a command line program by default when I run it.
myprog --foo=bar
The solution I could think of was to add a custom "myprog" wrapper to my "bin" folder
#! /bin/sh
/usr/bin/myprog --...
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make custom commands on android 4.4.2
I want to program and debug in my android phone. To do that I downloaded c4droid and it's gcc plugin.
after a lot of tries I understood that gcc is in directory /data/data/com.n0n3m4.droidc/files/gcc/...
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How can I make shell aliases available when shelling out from Vim?
In my .zshrc, I declare some aliases. Eg, which dbstart shows the contents of that alias.
If I open vim from that shell, it is a child process. In Vim, I can run shell commands with :! some_command. ...
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For a same unix or linux user, different sets of environment variables
I'm using tcsh, and for a specific project every member of my team connects to a server with the same user. (This is something we cannot change).
The situation arises because I want to have some ...
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