aliaser

An alias management / directory navigation tool.

Installation

Aliaser is a single bash function, so you can clone / download this repo and source the file directly:

$ git clone https://github.com/unforswearing/aliaser.git .
$ cd aliaser
$ source aliaser

Or using npm:

$ npm install -g aliaser-bash

For persistent use you may source aliaser from your .bashrc, .bash_profile or other config. For more information, see the "Usage" section below.

Usage

When aliaser is run for the first time it will create a .aliaser directory that contains the alias text file. Use aliaser open to view the this file in your default .txt file editor. You may also use aliaser edit to edit this file in your terminal.

Add source ~/.aliaser/aliaser.txt to your bash_profile before creating your first alias. Aliases created via aliaser are available immediately.

Typing aliaser help produces the following help text:

aliaser <option> [alias name]

options:
  -h|help         display this help message
  -o|open         open the alias file with the default gui editor (e.g. TextEdit)
  -l|list         list aliases saved in alias file
  -e|edit         edit alias file in $EDITOR
  -r|rm           remove alias from alias file
  -d|dir          create an alias from the current directory (alias name is basename)
  -n|name         create an alias from the current directory with a user defined name
  -s|search       search alias file and execute selection
  -a|searchall    search all aliases system wide and execute selection
  -c|command      create an alias from the previous command with a user defined name

examples:
  aliaser rm "aliasname"      remove alias named "aliasname" from alias file
  aliaser -n "favoritedir"    add an alias for the current directory named
                              "favoritedir" to alias file

be sure to source the alias file in your .bashrc or .bash_profile

After sourcing aliaser, you can navigate to a directory and make some aliases:

$ cd ~/scripts
$ aliaser -d myscripts

Or create an alias for the previously executed command:

# execute a command command
$ b=1 && \
> while [ $b -le 2 ]; do
>   tput flash; sleep .02;
>   b=$((b + 1));
> done

# create alias for previously executed command
$ aliaser -c "flash_terminal"

aliaser will use fzf if it is installed and in your $PATH. Otherwise, aliaser will default to listbox which is embedded in the aliaser script.