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Share a script/alias you use a lot (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 23 hours ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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A while ago I made a tiny function in my ~/.zshrc to download a video from the link in my clipboard. I use this nearly every day to share videos with people without forcing them to watch it on whatever site I found it. What's a script/alias that you use a lot?

# Download clipboard to tmp with yt-dlp
tmpv() {
  cd /tmp/ && yt-dlp "$(wl-paste)"
}
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[-] WQMan@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

I replaced rm with trash-put, just in case I realize I need some files that I removed down the line.

alias rm='trash-put'

Official author don't recommend it due to different semantics. But honestly for my own personal use case its fine for me.

Also I like to alias xclip:

alias clippy='xclip -selection clipboard'

# cat things.txt | clippy
[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 18 hours ago

Little tip: In case you need to use rm directly, even with the alias in effect, you can put a backslah in front of the command to use its original meaning: \rm filename

[-] XXIC3CXSTL3Z@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

oooh so does that apply to any command/user binary on the system?

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I'm not sure what you mean with the question. If you have any alias like alias rm='ls -l' in your .bashrc in example, then you cannot use the original command rm anymore, as it is aliased to something else. I'm speaking about the terminal, when you enter the command. However, if you put a backslash in front of it like \rm in the terminal, then the alias for it is ignored and the original command is executed instead.

Edit: Made a more clear alias example.

[-] XXIC3CXSTL3Z@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Oh ty ty that answers my question! I am fairly new to being a poweruser on linux so I may have worded that wrong XD

[-] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 3 points 17 hours ago

Official author don’t recommend it due to different semantics. But honestly for my own personal use case its fine for me.

I don't recommend that either. If you get used to that 'rm' doesn't actually remove files and then your alias is missing for whatever reason it'll bite you in the rear at some point. And obviously the same hazard goes with a ton of other commands too.

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