From bash to zsh and everywhere in between, show me yours and I’ll show you mines. Inspire others or get some feedback.

Simply copy & paste the output of alias in your terminal or add some comments to explain things for others.

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  • @chrishazfun
    2•1 year ago
    alias getmp4="yt-dlp -f 'bestvideo+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]' --recode-video mp4"
alias getmp3="yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3"
alias downloadwebsite="wget -mkEpnp"

flushall () {
	sudo pacman -Scc
	sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qdtq)
	flatpak uninstall --unused
}

updateall () {
	yay
	flatpak update
	while
		read -p "Clear cache and uninstall orphans? (y/N)" answer
	do
		case $answer in
			([yY][eE][sS] | [yY]) flushall;;
			(*) break;;
		esac
	done
}