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Aliases

Houses the aliases that are included by ~/.bashrc and ~/.zshrc

Overview

This script is included by ~/.bashrc and ~/.zshrc to provide command aliases.

Script Functions

pf-format

Adds an alias to use Docker to run pfFocus which is a Python package that allows you to convert a pfSense export into a readable markdown file. Example: pf-format < input.xml > output.md

Source Code

#!/usr/bin/env sh
# @file Aliases
# @brief Houses the aliases that are included by `~/.bashrc` and `~/.zshrc`
# @description
# This script is included by `~/.bashrc` and `~/.zshrc` to provide command aliases.

### macOS Polyfills
# Note: May cause conflicts
if [ -d /Applications ] && command -v brew > /dev/null; then
# Causes issues with stty
# PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-indent/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="$(brew --prefix)/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
export PATH
fi

# Basic command aliases for verbosity / simplicity
alias cp='cp -v'
alias ln='ln -sriv'
alias mv='mv -vi'
alias rm='rm -vi'

### Colorize
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
alias diff='diff --color=auto'
# iproute2mac not working with this alias
# alias ip='ip --color=auto'
alias pacman='pacman --color=auto'

### TOP - order based on preference of "top" application (last item will always be chosen if installed, e.g. glances)
if command -v glances > /dev/null; then
alias top='glances'
elif command -v htop > /dev/null; then
alias top='bashtop'
fi

### batcat
if command -v batcat > /dev/null; then
alias bat='batcat'
fi

### bat
if command -v bat > /dev/null; then
export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"
alias bat-help='bat --plain --language=help'
alias cat='bat -pp'
alias less='bat --paging=always'
help() {
"$@" --help 2>&1 | bat-help
}
fi

### Chezmoi
alias chezmoihome='cd "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/chezmoi/home"'
alias chezmoiscripts='cd "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/chezmoi//home/.chezmoiscripts"'
alias chezmoisecrets='cd "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/chezmoi/home/.chezmoitemplates/secrets"'

### curl-impersonate
# https://github.com/lwthiker/curl-impersonate
alias curl-impersonate='docker run --rm lwthiker/curl-impersonate:0.5-chrome curl_chrome110'

### curlie
### Curlie handles compression differently than curl. The bootstrap script
# invoked by `bash <(curl -sSL https://install.doctor/start)` also requires
# the `--compressed` flag when this alias is enabled.
# if command -v curlie > /dev/null; then
# alias curl='curlie'
# fi

### exa
if command -v exa > /dev/null; then
alias ls='exa --long --all --color auto --icons --sort=type'
alias tree='exa --tree'
alias la='ls -la'
alias lt='ls --tree --level=2'
else
# Show full output when using ls
alias ls='ls -AlhF --color=auto'
fi

### fdfind
if command -v fdfind > /dev/null; then
alias fd='fdfind'
fi

### gping
# Replacement for ping that includes graph
if command -v gping > /dev/null; then
alias ping='gping'
fi

### safe-rm
# TODO: Integrate this so it fails gracefully if folder does not exist (i.e. safe-rm -rf ~/Crunch should not return an error)
# if command -v safe-rm > /dev/null; then
# alias rm='safe-rm'
# fi

### VIM
if command -v vim > /dev/null; then
alias vi="vim"
alias v="vim"
fi

### NVIM
if command -v nvim > /dev/null; then
alias nvim='env -u VIMINIT -u MYVIMRC nvim'
fi

### mitmproxy / mitmweb
if command -v mitmproxy > /dev/null; then
alias mitmproxy='mitmproxy --set confdir=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/mitmproxy'
fi
if command -v mitmweb > /dev/null; then
alias mitmweb='mitmweb --set confdir=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/mitmproxy'
fi

### readlink
if command -v greadlink > /dev/null && [ -d /Applications ] && [ -d /System ]; then
alias readlink='greadlink'
fi

### ripgrep
if command -v rg > /dev/null; then
alias rgrep='rg --color=auto'
fi

### xclip
alias xclip='xclip -selection c'

### yank
if command -v yank-cli > /dev/null; then
alias yank='yank-cli'
fi

### Zola
if command -v org.getzola.zola > /dev/null; then
alias zola="flatpak run org.getzola.zola"
fi

# Fix for auto expansion (source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Sudo#Passing_aliases)
alias sudo='sudo '

# Reload current shell
alias reload='exec ${SHELL} -l'

# Create an Authelia password hash
alias authelia-password='docker run authelia/authelia:latest authelia hash-password'

# Shows IP addresses that are currently banned by fail2ban
alias banned='sudo zgrep "Ban" /var/log/fail2ban.log*'

alias connections='nm-connection-editor'

# Command-line DNS utility
if ! command -v dog > /dev/null; then
alias dog="docker run -it --rm dog"
fi

# Download a file
alias download='curl --continue-at - --location --progress-bar --remote-name --remote-time'

# Download a website
alias download-site='wget --mirror -p --convert-links -P'

# Flush DNS
alias flush-dns='sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches && sudo systemd-resolve --statistics'

# FontBook for macOS
alias fontbook="open -b com.apple.FontBook"

# Get the possible GRUB resolutions
alias grub-resolutions='sudo hwinfo --framebuffer'

# Execute git command with sudo priviledges while retaining .gitconfig
alias gsudo='sudo git -c "include.path="${XDG_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.config}/git/config\" -c \"include.path=$HOME/.gitconfig\"'

# Create hashed password for Ansible user creation
alias hash-password='mkpasswd --method=sha-512'

# History alias
alias hh=hstr

# Show IP address
alias ip-address='curl http://ipecho.net/plain; echo'

# Configures Java to use ~/.config/java
alias java='java -Djava.util.prefs.userRoot="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/java"'

# Shows local IP addresses
alias local-ip-address="ifconfig | grep -Eo 'inet (addr:|adr:)?([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*' | grep -Eo '([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*' | grep -v '127.0.0.1'"

# Create parent directories automatically
alias mkdir='mkdir -pv'

# Make mount command output readable
alias mount='mount | column -t'

# Link pip to pip3
if ! command -v pip > /dev/null; then
alias pip='pip3'
fi

# Link python to python3
if [ -f /usr/bin/python3 ]; then
alias python='/usr/bin/python3'
elif [ -f /usr/local/bin/python3 ]; then
alias python='/usr/local/bin/python3'
fi

# Masked sudo password entry
if command -v gum > /dev/null; then
alias please="gum input --password | sudo -nS"
fi

# Convert macOS plist to XML (for source control)
alias plist-xml='plutil -convert xml1'

# Recoverpy
alias recoverpy='python3 -m recoverpy'

# Performance Test
alias perftest='mkdir -p "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/perftest" && curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -w "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/perftest/$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"'

# @description Adds an alias to use Docker to run [pfFocus](https://github.com/TKCERT/pfFocus) which is a Python package that
# allows you to convert a pfSense export into a readable markdown file. Example: `pf-format < input.xml > output.md`
function pf-format() {
docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/tkcert/pffocus "$*"
}

# Output plist in readable format
alias plcat='plutil -convert xml1 -o -'

# Show open ports
alias ports='sudo netstat -tulanp'

# Shuts down the computer, skipping the shutdown scripts
alias poweroff='sudo /sbin/poweroff'

# Open the Rclone web GUI
alias rclone-gui='rclone rcd --rc-web-gui --rc-user=admin --rc-pass=pass --rc-serve'

# Reboot the computer
alias reboot='sudo /sbin/reboot'

# Launch the Python Simple HTTP Server
alias serve='python -m SimpleHTTPServer'

# Generate a SHA1 digest
alias sha1='openssl sha1'

# Generate SHA256 digest
alias sha256='openssl sha256'

# Shutdown the computer
alias shutdown='sudo /sbin/shutdown'

# Speed test
alias speedtest='wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test10.zip'

# Shortcut for config file
alias ssh-config='${EDITOR:code} ~/.ssh/config'

# Pastebin
alias sprunge='curl -F "sprunge=<-" http://sprunge.us'

# Disable Tor for current shell
alias toroff='source torsocks off'

# Enable Tor for current shell
alias toron='source torsocks on'

# Test Tor connection
alias tortest='curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9050 --silent https://check.torproject.org/ | head -25'

# Unban IP address (e.g. unban 10.14.24.14)
alias unban='sudo fail2ban-client set sshd unbanip'

# Recursively encrypts files using Ansible Vault
alias unvault-dir='find . -type f -printf "%h/\"%f\" " | xargs ansible-vault decrypt'

# Alias for updating software
if command -v sysget > /dev/null; then
alias upgrade='sudo sysget update && sudo sysget upgrade'
else
# TODO - Add other package managers
if command -v apt-get > /dev/null; then
alias upgrade='sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade'
fi
fi

# Recursively encrypts files using Ansible Vault
alias vault-dir='find . -type f -printf "%h/\"%f\" " | xargs ansible-vault encrypt'

# Reverse engineer Dockerfiles from containers
alias whaler="docker run -t --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro pegleg/whaler"

# Shows nice looking report of weather
if command -v wego > /dev/null; then
alias weather='wego'
else
alias weather='curl -A curl wttr.in'
fi

# Change .wget-hsts file location
alias wget="wget --hsts-file ~/.local/wget-hsts"

### Yarn
alias yarn='yarn --use-yarnrc "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/yarn/config"'

# Running this will update GPG to point to the current YubiKey
alias yubi-stub='gpg-connect-agent "scd serialno" "learn --force" /bye'

### cd aliases

alias Applications='cd $HOME/Applications'
alias Cloud='cd $HOME/Cloud'
alias Config='cd $HOME/.config'
alias Desktop='cd $HOME/Desktop'
alias Downloads='cd $HOME/Downloads'
alias Library='cd $HOME/Library'
alias Local='cd $HOME/.local'
alias Movies='cd $HOME/Movies'
alias Music='cd $HOME/Music'
alias Pictures='cd $HOME/Pictures'
alias Public='cd $HOME/Public'```