alias gem='sudo gem' # sick of always forgetting sudo alias ls='ls -G' alias ll='ls -lah' alias ..='cd ..;' # can then do .. .. .. to move up multiple directories. alias ...='.. ..' alias g='grep -i' #case insensitive grep alias h='history|g' alias ducks='du -cks * | sort -rn|head -11' # Lists the size of all the folders alias top='top -o cpu' alias systail='tail -f /var/log/system.log' alias m='mate .' alias et="m" alias home='cd ~' # the tilda is too hard to reach alias c='clear' # shortcut to clear your terminal alias eprof='mate ~/.dot-files' alias sprof='source ~/.bash_profile' # useful command to find what you should be aliasing: alias profileme="history | awk '{print \$2}' | awk 'BEGIN{FS=\"|\"}{print \$1}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | tail -n 20 | sort -nr" # rails stuff alias log='tail -f -0 ./log/*.log' alias ss='ruby ./script/server' alias sc='ruby ./script/console' alias cdm='cap deploy deploy:migrate' alias model='script/generate model' alias controller='script/generate controller' alias migration='script/generate migration' alias migrate='rake db:migrate' alias rollback='rake db:rollback' alias startpg='sudo /Library/StartupItems/PostgreSQL/PostgreSQL start' # replacement netstat cmd to find ports used by apps on OS X alias netstat="sudo lsof -i -P" alias hidefile='/usr/bin/SetFile -a "V"' alias showfile='/usr/bin/SetFile -a "v"' alias colorslist="set | egrep 'COLOR_\w*'" # lists all the colors function f() { find * -name $1; } function manpdf() { man -t $@ | open -f -a Preview; } function osinfo() { x1="$(/usr/bin/sw_vers -productName)" x2="$(/usr/bin/sw_vers -productVersion)" x3="$(/usr/bin/sw_vers -buildVersion)" x4="$(/usr/bin/arch)" echo "${x1} - ${x2} - ${x3} - ${x4}" }