Linux Bash Aliases List

A list of cool aliases to use in bash

You can find the full aliases list with descriptions here

Usage

To use this list simply paste the contents of .bash_aliases or download the raw version of the file and put it in your home directory. The second method may overwrite your current aliases so keep a copy handy.

Warning!! Your ~/.bashrc file must contain this piece of code for the ~/.bash_aliases file to work properly

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
    . ~/.bash_aliases
fi

Make sure that the above piece of code is present and uncommented inside ~/.bashrc

Installation

Installation of the list is easy, just follow the steps bellow and everything should work fine.

Backup

To backup your current .bash_aliases run the following command

cp ~/.bash_aliases ~/.bash_aliases.old

or

sudo cp ~/.bash_aliases ~/.bash_aliases.old

Getting the file

You can use one of the two methods bellow (curl, wget)

Downloading Directly using curl

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/louigigr/linux-bash-alias/master/.bash_aliases --output ~/.bash_aliases

or

sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/louigigr/linux-bash-alias/master/.bash_aliases --output ~/.bash_aliases

Downloading Directly using wget

wget -O ~/.bash_aliases https://raw.githubusercontent.com/louigigr/linux-bash-alias/master/.bash_aliases

or

sudo wget -O ~/.bash_aliases https://raw.githubusercontent.com/louigigr/linux-bash-alias/master/.bash_aliases

Restore

To restore your previous .bash_aliases.old run the following command cp ~/.bash_aliases.old ~/.bash_aliases or sudo cp ~/.bash_aliases.old ~/.bash_aliases