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My shell aliases
alias mongo.start="mongod run --config `brew --prefix mongodb`/mongod.conf"
alias apache.start="sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl start"
alias apache.stop="sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl stop"
# alias cake="${dev}/framework/cake/console/cake"
alias cakephp="${dev}/framework/cake/console/cake"
alias run.elasticsearch='elasticsearch -f -D es.config=/usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/0.18.5/config/elasticsearch.yml'
alias dnsflush='dscacheutil -flushcache'
# Often useful to prefix with SUDO to see more system level network usage
alias network.connections='lsof -l -i +L -R -V'
alias network.established='lsof -l -i +L -R -V | grep ESTABLISHED'
# Files used, anywhere on the filesystem
alias files.usage='sudo fs_usage -e -f filesystem|grep -v CACHE_HIT|grep -v grep'
# Files being opened
alias files.open='sudo fs_usage -e -f filesystem|grep -v CACHE_HIT|grep -v grep|grep open'
# Files in use in the Users directory
alias files.usage.user='sudo fs_usage -e -f filesystem|grep -v CACHE_HIT|grep -v grep|grep Users'
# LS_COLORS='no=01;37:fi=01;37:di=07;96:ln=01;36:pi=01;32:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=01;33:cd=01;33:ex=01;31:mi=00;05;37:or=00;05;37:'
# -G Add colors to ls
# -l Long format
# -h Short size suffixes (B, K, M, G, P)
# -p Postpend slash to folders
alias ls='ls -G -h -p '
alias ll='ls -l -G -h -p '
# Easier navigation: .., ..., ~ and -
alias ..="cd .."
alias ...="cd ../.."
alias ~="cd ~" # `cd` is probably faster to type though
alias -- -="cd -"
# List all files colorized in long format, including dot files
alias la="ls -Gla"
# List only directories
alias lsd='ls -l | grep "^d"'
# Always use color output for `ls`
if [[ "$OSTYPE" =~ ^darwin ]]; then
alias ls="command ls -G"
else
alias ls="command ls --color"
export LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35:'
fi
# Enable aliases to be sudo’ed
alias sudo='sudo '
# Get OS X Software Updates, update Homebrew itself, and upgrade installed Homebrew packages
alias update='sudo softwareupdate -i -a; brew update; brew upgrade'
# IP addresses
alias ip="dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com"
alias localip="ipconfig getifaddr en1"
alias ips="ifconfig -a | perl -nle'/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/ && print $1'"
# Enhanced WHOIS lookups
alias whois="whois -h whois-servers.net"
# Flush Directory Service cache
alias flush="dscacheutil -flushcache"
# View HTTP traffic
alias sniff="sudo ngrep -d 'en1' -t '^(GET|POST) ' 'tcp and port 80'"
alias httpdump="sudo tcpdump -i en1 -n -s 0 -w - | grep -a -o -E \"Host\: .*|GET \/.*\""
# Canonical hex dump; some systems have this symlinked
# type -t hd > /dev/null || alias hd="hexdump -C"
# OS X has no `md5sum`, so use `md5` as a fallback
# type -t md5sum > /dev/null || alias md5sum="md5"
# Trim new lines and copy to clipboard
alias c="tr -d '\n' | pbcopy"
# Recursively delete `.DS_Store` files
alias cleanup="find . -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete"
# File size
alias fs="stat -f \"%z bytes\""
# ROT13-encode text. Works for decoding, too! ;)
alias rot13='tr a-zA-Z n-za-mN-ZA-M'
# Empty the Trash on all mounted volumes and the main HDD
# Also, clear Apple’s System Logs to improve shell startup speed
alias emptytrash="sudo rm -rfv /Volumes/*/.Trashes; sudo rm -rfv ~/.Trash; sudo rm -rfv /private/var/log/asl/*.asl"
# Show/hide hidden files in Finder
# alias show="defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true && killall Finder"
# alias hide="defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false && killall Finder"
# Hide/show all desktop icons (useful when presenting)
alias hidedesktop="defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false && killall Finder"
alias showdesktop="defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true && killall Finder"
# URL-encode strings
alias urlencode='python -c "import sys, urllib as ul; print ul.quote_plus(sys.argv[1]);"'
# Disable Spotlight
alias spotoff="sudo mdutil -a -i off"
# Enable Spotlight
alias spoton="sudo mdutil -a -i on"
# PlistBuddy alias, because sometimes `defaults` just doesn’t cut it
alias plistbuddy="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy"
# One of @janmoesen’s ProTip™s
for method in GET HEAD POST PUT DELETE TRACE OPTIONS; do
alias "$method"="lwp-request -m '$method'"
done
# Stuff I never really use but cannot delete either because of http://xkcd.com/530/
alias stfu="osascript -e 'set volume output muted true'"
alias pumpitup="osascript -e 'set volume 10'"
alias hax="growlnotify -a 'Activity Monitor' 'System error' -m 'WTF R U DOIN'"
alias swapoff="sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist"
alias swapon="sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist"
# CrashPlan control
alias crashoff="sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.engine.plist"
alias crashon="sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.engine.plist"
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