Useful aliases in .bashrc?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

In my .bash_aliases file I have:
alias rnv='rvlc --quiet --novideo --key-vol-up 123 --no-skinned-playlist'
alias ft='date +"%r"'
alias gen-password="head -c 16 /dev/urandom | base64 | cut -c -22"
alias td="date '+Time: %r %n Date: %A %B %-d %Y %n Week: %U %n Day Of
Year: %j'"


To use that .bash_aliases has to be sourced from .profile.
The first one makes vlc work well for me I need audio and don't need
video.  The second gets the clock time off of date.
The third can help when prompted for a new password and your mind goes
blank, just remember to braille the one you like and use when that comes
up.
The fourth gives me date information in detail; working with numerology
it's sometimes useful to have all of that information.



On Sun, 5 Dec 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Hi Tim,
>
>
> I really like your way of doing things.
>
>
> Quick question, please ramble if you'd like, managing podcasts, how?
>
>
> To expand on that a bit, what do you use for a pod catcher; where do they go,
> in short, what is the easiest way to deal with your podcasts, especially if
> you have many of the things, like I currently do on my phone.
>
>
> I'd like to get most of them off of there, space and all.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Brandt Steenkamp
>
> Sent from Slint Linux using Thunderbird
>
> On 2021/12/05 16:16, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > Tim here. A couple from my collection:
> >
> >
> > Sometimes I type "cd .." too quickly, and miss the space or even a
> > period too, so these make my typos work as expected
> >
> >    alias cd..='cd ..'
> >    alias cd.='cd ..'
> >
> > I commonly jump to my MP3/podcast queue directory and run a command
> > (`biggest`) that finds all the files in the subdirectories and sorts
> > them all from smallest to largest (big ones that don't sound
> > interesting are the first on my chopping-block for saving time/space):
> >
> >    alias mp3='pushd ~/Music/podcasts/; biggest -h | tail -20'
> >
> > Also helping with podcasts I have
> >
> >    alias ti='id3 -q "%_p%_f: %t"'
> >
> > to give me the titles of podcasts I point it at.
> >
> > I also keep my finances in ledger(1) format and have a number of
> > aliases around manipulating those
> >
> >    alias fin='pushd ~/finances/ledger'
> >    alias le='pushd ~/finances/ledger; vim +$ $(date +%Y).txt'
> >
> >    checking() {
> >      pushd ~/finances/ledger
> >      ledger -f only"$(date +%Y)".txt --pedantic register Checking "$@"
> >    }
> >
> >    led() {
> >      pushd ~/finances/ledger
> >      ledger -f only"%(date +%Y)".txt --pedantic balance -l "commodity ==
> >      'USD'" not "Equity:Opening Balances" and not "^Income:" "$@"
> >    }
> >
> >
> > The "fin" alias just takes me to the directory; the "le" opens the
> > current year's data in vim and places the cursor at the bottom so I
> > can add new entries; the "checking" function gives me my checkbook
> > register (to which I can append "--cleared" for only those
> > transactions that have cleared); and the "led" function gives me a
> > hierarchical overview of all of my accounts and how they roll up.  I
> > also have a more complicated "pay" shell-function that will look for
> > the most recent transaction that matches some parameters and
> > re-create that transaction with today's date in my preferred format,
> > and set the amount to the specified quantity letting me do things like
> >
> >    $ pay kroger 38.21
> >
> > rather than manually find & copy the entire block, and update the
> > amounts.
> >
> > Finally, I keep my calendar in remind(1) format so I have several
> > aliases that help me set all my preferred parameters
> >
> >    alias 1='rem -g -q -iCOLOR=2 - at 2'
> >    for i in 2 3 4 5 6
> >    do
> >      alias $i='rem -g -q -iCOLOR=2 - at 2 "*"'$i
> >    done
> >
> > so I can just type "1" for today's agenda or "3" for a 3-day agenda.
> > (I can ramble for hours on using remind and have a lengthy blog post
> > about it.  If you want a text-based workflow for your calendar, it's
> > *amazing*!)
> >
> > Hopefully this gives you some more ideas,
> >
> > -Tim
> >
> >
> > On December  5, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >> I have never really played with .bashrc, but have found it rather
> >> useful to add a few aliases to it.
> >>
> >>
> >> The one I find most useful so far is the alias to my "startwin.sh"
> >> qemu script. I use
> >>
> >>
> >> alias windows="sh ~/qemu/startwin.sh"
> >>
> >>
> >> instead of having to type, every time
> >>
> >>
> >> sh ~/qemu/startwin.sh
> >>
> >>
> >> If you have any useful aliases to share, please do?
> >>
> >>
> >> After all, why should we not make each other's lives a bit easier?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Warm regards,
> >>
> >> Brandt Steenkamp
> >>
> >> Sent from Slint Linux using Thunderbird
> >>
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