A Shell CLI tool to conveniently manage aliases for bash and zsh.
If you are using a Debian flavor of Linux such as Ubuntu, download the latest .deb file from the Releases section, and run the following:
$ sudo dpkg -i aliaser_*.deb
Alternatively, you can do the following:
$ git clone https://github.com/bhayatus/aliaser.git
# Move the script to a location within your PATH.
$ sudo cp aliaser/aliaser /usr/local/bin
Next, create a file that will contain your aliases (if you aren't using one already):
$ touch ~/.aliases
Add the following to a startup script such as .bashrc (or .zshrc if you are on macOS):
export ALIASES_FILE=~/.aliases
source $ALIASES_FILE
# Necessary if you don't want to restart your current session for changes to take effect.
aliaser () {
command aliaser "$@"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
if [ $1 = "add" ]; then
source $ALIASES_FILE
elif [ $1 = "rm" ]; then
unalias $2 &> /dev/null
fi
fi
}
Ensure that you source the updated .bashrc (or .zshrc if you went that route):
$ source ~/.bashrc
Running aliaser help displays the following:
Tool for managing bash/zsh aliases
usage: aliaser <operation>
operations:
ls
Lists all aliases saved in the aliases file, in alphabetical order
add <alias_name> <command>
Creates/replaces an alias for the specified command in the aliases file
The alias name must not contain any spaces, and can only consist of alphanumeric characters
In the event that you need to add an alias for a more complex command or an alias that contains several,
you can wrap with double quotes, i.e. $ aliaser add print_temp "cd temp && ls"
If you need to escape a character in the command, use a preceding \
rm <alias_name>
Removes the alias permanently from the aliases file
The alias name must not contain any spaces
help
Shows the help display
version
Shows the current version
Visit https://github.com/bhayatus/aliaser for details on setup
Note that this tool only manages aliases stored within the aliases file, any declared outside will not be affected.
