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Overview

Both Zsh and Bash configurations include numerous aliases to streamline common tasks. This page documents all aliases organized by category.

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Editor aliases

Quick access to Neovim with different command variations: 
alias vim="nvim"
alias vi="nvim"
alias v="nvim"
Usage: 
vim config.toml

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Directory listing

Enhanced ls commands using eza (Zsh) or standard ls (Bash):
~/.zshrc
alias ls="eza --color=auto"
alias ll="ls -l"
alias la="ls -a"
  • ls - Colorized listing with eza
  • ll - Long format
  • la - Show hidden files

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Directory navigation

~/.zshrc
alias ..="cd .."
Quickly move up one directory level.

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Zoxide aliases (Bash)

Bash-specific zoxide convenience aliases:
~/.bashrc
alias cda='zoxide add'      # Add directory to zoxide
alias cdq='zoxide query'    # Query zoxide database
alias cdqi='zoxide query -i' # Interactive query
alias cdr='zoxide remove'    # Remove directory

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Terminal aliases

Quick terminal operations:
~/.zshrc
alias c="clear"  # Clear screen
alias q="exit"   # Exit shell
Type c instead of clear and q instead of exit for faster terminal management.

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Git aliases

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Lazygit

~/.zshrc
alias lg="lazygit"
Launch the lazygit TUI for intuitive git operations.

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Grep aliases (Bash)

Colorized grep output:
~/.bashrc
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'

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Utility aliases

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Weather

~/.zshrc
alias weather="curl wttr.in"
Get current weather information from the command line: 
$ weather
# Displays weather for your location

$ weather London
# Displays weather for London

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.NET testing

Formatted .NET test output with colored results:
~/.zshrc
alias dotnet-test-pretty='dotnet test --no-restore --verbosity=normal | awk '\'''
'/Failed /{print "\n\033[31mFailed: " $2 "\033[0m"}'
'/Error Message:/{print "\033[33mError: " substr($0, index($0, ":")+1) "\033[0m"; st=0}'
'/Stack Trace:/{st=1; next}'
'st==1 && /at /{print "\033[36mStack: " $0 "\033[0m"; st=0}'
'\'''
Usage: 
dotnet-test-pretty
Provides colored output highlighting:
  • Failed tests in red
  • Error messages in yellow
  • Stack traces in cyan

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Ranger file manager

Conditional alias that only loads if Ranger is installed:
~/.zshrc
if command -v ranger &> /dev/null; then
  alias ra="ranger --choosedir=$HOME/.rangerdir; LASTDIR=`cat $HOME/.rangerdir`; cd "$LASTDIR
fi
Launches Ranger and automatically changes to the directory you navigate to when exiting.

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Alert alias (Bash)

Send desktop notifications when commands complete:
~/.bashrc
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'
Usage: 
# Get notified when a long build completes
npm run build; alert

# Notification for system updates
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade; alert
The notification icon changes based on whether the command succeeded or failed.

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Category reference

  • vim → nvim
  • vi → nvim
  • v → nvim
  • c → clear
  • q → exit
  • lg → lazygit
  • weather → curl wttr.in
  • dotnet-test-pretty → formatted test output
  • ra → ranger with directory tracking
  • .. → cd ..
  • cda → zoxide add
  • cdq → zoxide query
  • cdqi → zoxide query -i
  • cdr → zoxide remove
  • grep → grep —color=auto
  • fgrep → fgrep —color=auto
  • egrep → egrep —color=auto

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Creating custom aliases

Add your own aliases to the shell configuration files:
1

Open your shell config

# For Zsh
nvim ~/.zshrc

# For Bash
nvim ~/.bashrc
2

Add your alias

# Example: Create a shortcut for git status
alias gs="git status"

# Example: Quick access to a frequent directory
alias proj="cd ~/workspace/projects"
3

Reload your shell

# Reload the configuration
source ~/.zshrc  # for Zsh
source ~/.bashrc # for Bash
For temporary aliases that you don’t want to keep, simply type the alias command in your shell without adding it to the config file.

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