Handy aliases that I use on all my systems

zsh_aliases.sh

# This makes the dark blue color lighter so you can read it
export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad

# Mac version
alias du1='du -d 1 -h'

# Linux version
alias du1='du --max-depth=1 -h'

# use like `cat file.json | jsonformat`
alias jsonformat='python -mjson.tool'

# supports resuming partial file downloads
alias rscp='rsync --partial --progress --rsh=ssh'

# mac version of lsusb
alias lsusb='system_profiler SPUSBDataType'

# adds a vertical gap in a terminal to enable scrollback
alias vgap='printf "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"'

# works on mac and linux, shows the current primary IP
alias showip='echo Your IP address is `ifconfig | grep -m 1 broadcast | awk "{print \\$2}"`'

# works on mac and linux, shows public IP
alias showpubip='echo Your Public IP address is `dig -4 TXT +short o-o.myaddr.l.google.com @ns1.google.com | cut -d '"'"'"'"'"' -f 2`'

# works only on mac, shows all interfaces with ip address or "Not Connected"
alias showInterfaces="networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/Hardware Port:/{s = \"\"; for (i = 3; i < NF; i++) s = s \$i \" \"; s = s \$NF; printf \"%s: \",s; getline; cmd = \"ipconfig getifaddr \"\$2; if ((cmd | getline result) > 0 ) { print result; } else { print \"Not Connected\"}}'"

# works only on mac, shows active interface ip addresses
alias showLiveInterfaces="networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/Hardware Port:/{s = \"\"; for (i = 3; i < NF; i++) s = s \$i \" \"; s = s \$NF; printf \"%s: \",s; getline; cmd = \"ipconfig getifaddr \"\$2; if ((cmd | getline result) > 0 ) { print result; } else { print \"Not Connected\"}}' | grep -v Not"