README.md

# Common Aliases Plugin

This plugin creates helpful shortcut aliases for many commonly used commands.

To use it add `common-aliases` to the plugins array in your zshrc file:

```zsh
plugins=(... common-aliases)
```

## Aliases

### ls command

| Alias | Command       | Description                                                                    |
|-------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| l     | `ls -lFh`     | List files as a long list, show size, type, human-readable                     |
| la    | `ls -lAFh`    | List almost all files as a long list show size, type, human-readable           |
| lr    | `ls -tRFh`    | List files recursively sorted by date, show type, human-readable               |
| lt    | `ls -ltFh`    | List files as a long list sorted by date, show type, human-readable            |
| ll    | `ls -l`       | List files as a long list                                                      |
| ldot  | `ls -ld .*`   | List dot files as a long list                                                  |
| lS    | `ls -1FSsh`   | List files showing only size and name sorted by size                           |
| lart  | `ls -1Fcart`  | List all files sorted in reverse of create/modification time (oldest first)    |
| lrt   | `ls -1Fcrt`   | List files sorted in reverse of create/modification time(oldest first)         |

### File handling

| Alias | Command               | Description                                                                        |
|-------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| rm    | `rm -i`               | Remove a file                                                                      |
| cp    | `cp -i`               | Copy a file                                                                        |
| mv    | `mv -i`               | Move a file                                                                        |
| zshrc | `${=EDITOR} ~/.zshrc` | Quickly access the ~/.zshrc file                                                   |
| dud   | `du -d 1 -h`          | Display the size of files at depth 1 in current location in human-readable form    |
| duf   | `du -sh`              | Display the size of files in current location in human-readable form               |
| t     | `tail -f`             | Shorthand for tail which outputs the last part of a file                           |

### find and grep

| Alias | Command                                             | Description                             |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| fd    | `find . -type d -name`                              | Find a directory with the given name    |
| ff    | `find . -type f -name`                              | Find a file with the given name         |
| grep  | `grep --color`                                      | Searches for a query string             |
| sgrep | `grep -R -n -H -C 5 --exclude-dir={.git,.svn,CVS}`  | Useful for searching within files       |

### Other Aliases

| Alias     | Command             | Description                                                 |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| h         | `history`           | Lists all recently used commands                            |
| hgrep     | `fc -El 0 \| grep`  | Searches for a word in the list of previously used commands |
| help      | `man`               | Opens up the man page for a command                         |
| p         | `ps -f`             | Displays currently executing processes                      |
| sortnr    | `sort -n -r`        | Used to sort the lines of a text file                       |
| unexport  | `unset`             | Used to unset an environment variable                       |

## Global aliases

These aliases are expanded in any position in the command line, meaning you can use them even at the
end of the command you've typed. Examples:

Quickly pipe to less:
```zsh
$ ls -l /var/log L
# will run
$ ls -l /var/log | less
```
Silences stderr output:
```zsh
$ find . -type f NE
# will run
$ find . -type f 2>/dev/null
```

| Alias | Command                     | Description                                                 |
|-------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
| H     | `\| head`                   | Pipes output to head which outputs the first part of a file |
| T     | `\| tail`                   | Pipes output to tail which outputs the last part of a file  |
| G     | `\| grep`                   | Pipes output to grep to search for some word                |
| L     | `\| less`                   | Pipes output to less, useful for paging                     |
| M     | `\| most`                   | Pipes output to more, useful for paging                     |
| LL    | `2>&1 \| less`              | Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to less               |
| CA    | `2>&1 \| cat -A`            | Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to cat                |
| NE    | `2 > /dev/null`             | Silences stderr                                             |
| NUL   | `> /dev/null 2>&1`          | Silences both stdout and stderr                             |
| P     | `2>&1\| pygmentize -l pytb` | Writes stderr to stdout and passes it to pygmentize         |

## File extension aliases

These are special aliases that are triggered when a file name is passed as the command. For example,
if the pdf file extension is aliased to `acroread` (a popular Linux pdf reader), when running `file.pdf`
that file will be open with `acroread`.

### Reading Docs

| Alias | Command     | Description                         |
|-------|-------------|-------------------------------------|
| pdf   | `acroread`  | Opens up a document using acroread  |
| ps    | `gv`        | Opens up a .ps file using gv        |
| dvi   | `xdvi`      | Opens up a .dvi file using xdvi     | 
| chm   | `xchm`      | Opens up a .chm file using xchm     |
| djvu  | `djview`    | Opens up a .djvu file using djview  |

### Listing files inside a packed file

| Alias   | Command     | Description                         |
|---------|-------------|-------------------------------------|
| zip     | `unzip -l`  | Lists files inside a .zip file      |
| rar     | `unrar l`   | Lists files inside a .rar file      |
| tar     | `tar tf`    | Lists files inside a .tar file      |
| tar.gz  | `echo`      | Lists files inside a .tar.gz file   |
| ace     | `unace l`   | Lists files inside a .ace file      |

### Some other features

- Opens urls in terminal using browser specified by the variable `$BROWSER`
- Opens C, C++, Tex and text files using editor specified by the variable `$EDITOR`
- Opens images using image viewer specified by the variable `$XIVIEWER`
- Opens videos and other media using mplayer