June « 2013 « Gugulethu Ncube

The following aliases have made my unix life 10x easier 🙂

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alias pj='ps -fA|grep java'

# pdf viewer

alias v='qpdfview'

# open browser

alias b='x-www-browser'

# check space left in drives

alias space='df -h'

# open password gorilla

alias pw='password-gorilla'

# Show hidden files

alias l.='ls -d .* --color=auto'

# cd .. aliases

alias ..='cd ..'

alias ...='cd ../..'

alias ....='cd ../../..'

alias .....='cd ../../../..'

alias ......='cd ../../../../..'

alias .......='cd ../../../../../..'

alias ........='cd ../../../../../../..'

alias .........='cd ../../../../../../../..'

alias ..........='cd ../../../../../../../../..'

alias .2='cd ../..'

alias .3='cd ../../..'

alias .4='cd ../../../..'

alias .5='cd ../../../../..'

alias .6='cd ../../../../../..'

alias .7='cd ../../../../../../..'

alias .8='cd ../../../../../../../..'

alias .9='cd ../../../../../../../../..'

alias .10='cd ../../../../../../../../../..'

alias .11='cd ../../../../../../../../../../..'

# history grab

alias hig='history|grep '

alias sz="du -ch $@| egrep '[0-9]+[\.KMGT]\stotal'|awk '{print \$1;}'"

# Grabs the disk usage in the current directory

#alias usage='du -ch | grep total'

#Gets the total disk usage on your machine

alias totalusage='df -hl --total | grep total'

# Shows the individual partition usages without the temporary memory values

alias partusage='df -hlT --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs'

# Gives you what is using the most space. Both directories and files. Varies on

# current directory

alias most='du -hsx * | sort -rh | head -10'

# shadowbq December 17, 2012 at 2:08 pm

# usage is better written as

alias usage='du -ch 2> /dev/null |tail -1'

alias mkdir='mkdir -pv'

# Create a new set of commands

alias path='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}'

# current date now

alias now='date +"%T'

alias nowtime=now

alias nowdate='date +"%d-%m-%Y"'

# Show open ports

#Use netstat command to quickly list all TCP/UDP port on the server:

alias du1='du -h -d 1'

alias ports='netstat -tulanp'

# find files using locate - sudo apt-get install locate

alias lo='locate -i -b --regex'

# ls aliases

alias lf='ls -alF --color=auto'

alias la='ls -al --color=auto'

alias ll='ls -l --color=auto'

alias l='ls -l --color=auto'

alias lh='ls -lh --color=auto'

alias cls='clear'

# ls look into directories above

alias l1='ls -l ..'

alias l2='ls -l ../..'

alias l3='ls -l ../../..'

alias l4='ls -l ../../../..'

alias l='ls -alF --color=auto '

alias ls='ls --color=auto'

alias dir='ls -l --color=auto'

# go to home directory

alias h='cd ~'

alias home='cd ~'

# beep - why or why do you want to make noise ? just fun :)

alias beep='echo -en "\007"'

# delete directories

alias rd='rm -rf'

# create directory

alias md='mkdir -p'

alias o='less'

alias t='tail -f '

# hash

alias rehash='hash -r'

#alias unmount='echo "Error: Try the command: umount" 1>&2; false'

#alias which='type -p'

#alias you='su - -c "/sbin/yast2 online_update"'

# some more ls aliases

# sudo apt-get install -y iotop

alias io='sudo iotop -Pao'

alias upd='sudo apt-get update -y'

alias af='sudo apt-get -f'

alias ar='sudo apt-get -y autoremove'

# apt-get install shortcut

alias i='sudo apt-get install -y'

# apt-get remove shortcut

alias u='sudo apt-get remove -y'

# check if a particular process is running

alias p='ps -ef|egrep -v "grep --color=auto"|egrep --color'

# kill a process

alias k='sudo killall -I -r '

#alias kk='sudo kill -KILL '

#alias pk='sudo pkill -i -f '

#alias rm="mv -t ~/.Trash"

#alias rm="mv -bt ~/.local/share/Trash/files/"

#alias rm='mkdir -p ~/.Trash;mv -t ~/.Trash'

#alias rm='mkdir -p ~/.Trash;mv -n -b -t ~/.Trash'

# use trash command for all deletes - avoids false deletes

# sudo apt-get install -y python-setuptools trash-cli

alias rm='trash-put'

# check blocked network port

alias bp='sudo netstat -lnptu|grep '

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# Install the gnome-fallback-session and Xfce

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback xfce4 -y

# Check if the new sessions have been actually installed

ls -ail /usr/share/xsessions

total 48

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2012-04-15 11:55 ./

drwxr-xr-x 307 root root 12288 2012-04-15 11:55 ../

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 233 2011-12-04 22:15 gnome-classic.desktop

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 205 2011-12-04 22:15 gnome.desktop

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 277 2011-12-04 22:15 gnome-fallback.desktop

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 188 2011-12-04 22:15 gnome-shell.desktop

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 208 2011-12-04 22:15 ubuntu-2d.desktop

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185 2011-12-04 22:15 ubuntu.desktop

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5808 2011-09-23 13:21 xfce.desktop

# select Xfce as default GUI

sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s xfce

# logout

/usr/bin/gnome-session-quit --no-prompt

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