[kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Here are aliases that I have on every machine I use, in ~/.bash_aliases

# This makes upgrades a 2 letter affair, when I get a notification that
packages are pending
alias af='sudo aptitude full-upgrade && sudo apt-get autoremove'
# Or you can do an update explicitly, then upgrade
alias auf='sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude full-upgrade && sudo
apt-get autoremove'

# For Drupal, cache clearing aliases
alias cc='drush cache-clear'
alias cca='drush cache-clear all'

# Drupal code and db updates
alias upc='drush pm-updatecode'
alias updb='drush updatedb'


On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:50 AM, Ronald Barnes <ron at ronaldbarnes.ca> wrote:

> John Johnson wrote on 2018-02-06 12:29 AM:
>
> After a fruitful chat with Paul at February's meeting I thought I would
>> add one more topic to this thread.
>>
>> alias & .bashrc
>>
>> And a question: How does one set up an alias for a command line string?
>>
>
> If it's a one-off, "alias" is the trick.
>
> i.e. let's create an alias called kwlug that does... something.
>
>
> alias kwlug='pwd
>> kwlug
>>
> /mnt/home-raid/ron/Documents/Toyota-4Runner
>
>
> Right, so ... an aliased command called kwlug gives us our present working
> directory.
>
> Useless, but illustrative.
>
>
> Now, let's look at ~/.bashrc, where persistent aliases are defined, or
> referenced.
>
> In my Ubuntu 16.04 .bashrc file is the following:
>
> # Alias definitions.
>> # You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
>> # ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
>> # See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
>>
>> if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
>>     . ~/.bash_aliases
>> fi
>>
>
> It's encouraging the user to place their alias definitions in
> ~/.bash_aliases which gets run (if it exists) from .bashrc.
>
>
> I prefer to define my aliases in .bash_aliases since I can transport them
> between users / systems with minimal effort.
>
>
>
> I'm sorry I'm unable to present on this topic, but thought I'd throw this
> out there just in case someone finds it a useful starting point.
>
>
> Also, sorry for missing the february meeting.
>
> I'm knackered from gardening on sunday.  All the tulip bulbs were
> sprouting (easily a hundred of them) and I had to get them into the soil.
>
> (It's my contractual obligation as a Vancouverite to bring this up, as I
> see the KW temperature is currently -11°C; I feel terrible about it, but
> what can I do?)
>
>
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