Files

Files: safe operations, search, disk, archives, history.

File aliases/files.sh. Disable: export ALIASX_DISABLE="files"

Safe operations

Name	Runs	What it does
`cpi`	`cp -i`	copy, ask before overwriting
`mvi`	`mv -i`	move, ask before overwriting
`rmi`	`rm -i`	remove, ask for each file
`lni`	`ln -i`	link, ask before overwriting
`md`	`mkdir -p`	make directory with parents
`rd`	`rmdir`	remove empty directory
`backup FILE`		copy to FILE.bak.YYYYmmdd-HHMMSS example $ backup nginx.conf nginx.conf.bak created
`extract ARCHIVE`		unpack by extension example $ extract release.tar.gz (files unpacked into current folder)

Everyday

Name	Runs	What it does
`cx`	`chmod +x`	make executable
`tailf`	`tail -f`	follow a file
`cl DIR`		cd into DIR and list it example $ cl src api/ web/ main.go go.mod
`tmpd`		create a temp directory and enter it example $ tmpd /tmp/tmp.Xk3p9QzL
`newest [N]`		N most recently modified entries (default 10) example $ newest 3 notes.md main.go go.mod
`perms FILE`		octal permissions example $ perms .env 600 .env
`dl URL`		download into current directory (keeps remote name) example $ dl https://example.com/tool.tar.gz % Total % Received ... 100 4.1M
`tgz DIR`		pack DIR into DIR.tar.gz example $ tgz project project.tar.gz
`zipd DIR`		pack DIR into DIR.zip example $ zipd project project.zip

Edit text

Name	Runs	What it does
`prepend FILE [TEXT]`		add TEXT (or stdin) as first line(s) of FILE example $ prepend run.sh '#!/bin/sh' (first line of run.sh is now #!/bin/sh)
`append FILE [TEXT]`		add TEXT (or stdin) as last line(s) of FILE example $ append .gitignore node_modules (last line of .gitignore is now node_modules)

Search

Name	Runs	What it does
`grep`	`grep --color=auto`	grep with colors
`egrep`	`grep -E --color=auto`	extended regex grep
`fgrep`	`grep -F --color=auto`	fixed-string grep
`countfiles`	`find . -type f \| wc -l`	count files below here
`countdirs`	`find . -type d \| wc -l`	count folders below here
`emptydirs`	`find . -type d -empty`	find empty folders
`emptyfiles`	`find . -type f -empty`	find empty files
`ff PATTERN`		find files whose name contains PATTERN example $ ff config ./app/config.yaml ./docs/config.md
`ftext TEXT`		find TEXT in files below here (skips .git, node_modules) example $ ftext TODO ./api/user.go:42:// TODO: validate email ./web/app.js:7:// TODO: remove debug
`fdir PATTERN`		find directories whose name contains PATTERN example $ fdir test ./tests ./api/testdata

Disk

Name	Runs	What it does
`dfh`	`df -h`	disk free, human sizes
`dfi`	`df -i`	inode usage
`usage`	`du -sh .`	size of current folder
`biggest`		20 biggest files and folders here example $ biggest 2.1G ./node_modules 812.0M ./data
`du1`	`du -h -d 1`	size of each subfolder	macOS
`du1`	`du -h --max-depth=1`	size of each subfolder	Linux

Calculate and hash

Name	Runs	What it does
`calc`	`bc -l`	calculator
`sha256file FILE`		SHA-256 checksum on Linux or macOS example $ sha256file app.tar.gz 3a7bd3e2360a3d29eea436fcfb7e44c735d117c42d1c1835420b6b9942dd4f1b app.tar.gz

History

Name	Runs	What it does
`h`	`history`	shell history
`hgrep PATTERN`		search shell history example $ hgrep docker 412 docker compose up -d 418 docker logs api