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#lists contents of current directory with file permisions
alias ll='ls --color -l -sort'
#list all directories in current directories
alias ldir='ls -l | grep ^d'
# List directory and pipe output to less. Makes viewing of large directory easy
alias lsl="ls -lhFA --color | less -r"
#Find files in current directory
alias fhere="find . -name "
#self explanatory
alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../../'
#Opens current directory in a file explorer
alias explore='nautilus .'
#Opens current directory in a file explorer with super user privileges
alias suexplore='sudo nautilus .'
#Opens current directory in Ubuntu's Disk Usage Analyzer GUI with super user privileges in the background
alias analyze='gksudo baobab . &'
#Opens a GUI text editor in the background. Can obviously be replaced with your favorite editor
alias text='gedit &'
#Same as above with super user privileges
alias sutext='gksudo gedit &'
#Opens a file with whatever program would open by double clicking on it in a GUI file explorer
#Usage: try someDocument.doc
alias try='gnome-open'
#show aliases
alias al='echo "------------Your aliases------------";alias'
alias a='bash ~/bash_aliases_help.sh --color=true | less -r'
#Edit Aliases
alias via='gksudo gedit ~/.bash_aliases &'
#Apply changes to aliases
alias sa='source ~/.bash_aliases;echo "Bash aliases sourced."'
#Get Public IP address
alias ip='curl icanhazip.com'
alias iploc="curl -s http://whatismycountry.com/ | sed -n 's|.*> *\(.*\)</h3>|\1|p'"
alias ipinfo='curl ipinfo.io'
# Search process table
alias psg="ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -i -e VSZ -e"
#Restart network manager
alias netstart='sudo /usr/sbin/service network-manager restart'
#!/bin/bash
PROGNAME=${0##*/}
SHORTOPTS="c::"
LONGOPTS="color::"
set -o errexit -o noclobber -o pipefail
OPTS=$(getopt -s bash --options $SHORTOPTS --longoptions $LONGOPTS --name $PROGNAME -- "$@" )
eval set -- "$OPTS"
# Variable for color option. Default to 2 (0 = false, 1 = true, 2 = auto)
color=2
# Variable to store if the command is run from terminal
istty=0
# Variable to store if the terminal supports color
colorsupport=0
while true; do
case "$1" in
-c | --color )
case "$2" in
"" ) color=2 ; shift 2 ;;
"true" | "=true" ) color=1 ; shift 2 ;;
"auto" | "=auto" ) color=2 ; shift 2 ;;
"false" | "=false" ) color=0 ; shift 2 ;;
esac ;;
-- ) shift; break ;;
* ) break ;;
esac
done
# check if stdout is a terminal...
if test -t 1 && test $color -ne 0; then
istty=1
# see if it supports colors...
ncolors=$(tput colors)
if test -n "$ncolors" && test $ncolors -ge 8; then
colorsupport=1
fi
fi
if [[ ( $color -eq 2 && $istty -eq 1 && $colorsupport -eq 1 ) || $color -eq 1 ]] ; then
txtund=$(tput sgr 0 1) # Underline
txtbld=$(tput bold) # Bold
bldred=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 1) # red
bldblue=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 4) # blue
bldbluelight=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 33) # blue
bldyellow=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 11) # yellow
bldgreen=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 2) # green
bldcyan=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 6) # cyan
bldwhite=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 7) # white
txtrst=$(tput sgr0)
alscmd=${bldyellow}
alsoption=${bldcyan}
header=${txtund}${bldbluelight}
fi
echo "${header}Bash alias operation${txtrst}"
echo "${alscmd}a${txtrst} - show aliases"
echo "${alscmd}al${txtrst} - show the commands behind the aliases"
echo "${alscmd}via${txtrst} - Edit Aliases"
echo "${alscmd}sa${txtrst} - Apply changes to aliases"
echo
echo "${header}Directory & File operation${txtrst}"
echo "${alscmd}ll${txtrst} - Lists contents of current directory with file permisions"
echo "${alscmd}ldir${txtrst} - list all directories in current directories"
echo "${alscmd}lsl${txtrst} - List directory and pipe output to less. Makes viewing of large directory easy"
echo "${alscmd}fhere${txtrst} - Find files in current directory"
echo "${alscmd}..${txtrst} - Move one level up the folder"
echo "${alscmd}...${txtrst} - Move two level up the folder"
echo
echo "${header}GUI operations${txtrst}"
echo "${alscmd}explore${txtrst} - Opens current directory in a file explorer"
echo "${alscmd}suexplore${txtrst} - Opens current directory in a file explorer with super user privileges"
echo "${alscmd}analyze${txtrst} - Opens current directory in Ubuntu's Disk Usage Analyzer GUI with super user privileges in the background"
echo "${alscmd}text${txtrst} - Opens a GUI text editor in the background. Can obviously be replaced with your favorite editor"
echo "${alscmd}sutext${txtrst} - Same as above with super user privileges"
echo "${alscmd}try${txtrst} - Opens a file with whatever program would open by double clicking on it in a GUI file explorer"
echo
echo "${header}IP check${txtrst}"
echo "${alscmd}ip${txtrst} - Get Public IP address"
echo "${alscmd}iploc${txtrst} - Get your IP location"
echo "${alscmd}ipinfo${txtrst} - Get complete information about your public IP address"
echo
echo "${header}Process Management${txtrst}"
echo "${alscmd}psg${txtrst} ${alsoption}<search_key>${txtrst} - Search process table"
echo
echo "${header}Network operations${txtrst}"
echo "${alscmd}netstart${txtrst} - Restart network manager"
echo
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