Handy Dandy Aliases

Aliases

# Take the last command and try it again with sudo while deleting leading spaces
alias please='sudo $(history 2 | head -n1 | perl -pe "s/^\s*\d+\s+//")

# Python compilation check without execution (parse without exec)
alias pycheck='python -m py_compile'

# Python profiling
alias pryfile='python -m cProfile -o profile.run'

# Enhanced Sudo
alias sudo='sudo env PATH=$PATH'

# Open a file from the command line using the relevant editor
alias go='gnome-do'

pyopt

#!/bin/bash
# Idiot proof script to forcibly optimise execution.
application=`which $1`
# Assumes the program is called like 'pyopt accessible-script-name -someopt more options than -y oucouldshakeastickat'
python -O ${application} ${@:2}