Human-friendly UNIX aliases & functions

hunix.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Human-friendly UNIX aliases & functions

# Navigation
alias up='cd ..'  # Move up one directory
alias home='cd ~'  # Move to home directory

# File & Directory Operations
alias list='ls -A'  # Show all files
alias newdir='mkdir -p'  # Create directory (including parents)
alias delete='rm -rf'  # Remove permanently
alias archive='mv -t ~/.Trash'  # Move to trash
alias move='mv'  # Move file or folder
alias copy='cp -r'  # Copy files/folders
alias replace='cp -ru'  # Copy only updated files

# File Viewing & Editing
alias show='cat'  # Show file contents
alias view='less'  # View file interactively
alias edit='nano'  # Open file in nano editor

# Permissions & Ownership
alias setperm='chmod 777'  # Make file fully accessible
alias setexec='chmod +x'  # Make file executable
alias setowner='chown'  # Change ownership

# Searching (Functions to allow arguments)
search() { find . -type f -iname "*$1*" ; }  # search "notes.txt"
search_size() { find . -type f -size +"$1" ; }  # search_size "10M" (files larger than 10MB)
search_date() { find . -type f -newermt "$1" ; }  # search_date "2024-01-01" (created after date)
search_mod() { find . -type f -mtime -"$1" ; }  # search_mod "7" (modified in last 7 days)
search_type() { find . -type f -iname "*.$1" ; }  # search_type "jpg" (all JPG files)
search_text() { grep -ril "$1" . ; }  # search_text "timeout error" (files containing text)

# Networking & Sharing
alias fetch='curl -O'  # Download file
alias download='wget -c'  # Resumeable download
alias send='scp -r'  # Send files over SSH

# Process & System Management
procs() { ps aux | grep -i --color=auto "$1" ; }  # procs "nginx"
stop() { pkill -f "$1" ; }  # stop "nginx"
forcekill() { pkill -9 -f "$1" ; }  # forcekill "nginx"
alias disk='df -h'  # Show disk usage

# Sorting & Data Operations
alias arrange='sort'  # Sort alphabetically
alias arrange_desc='sort -r'  # Sort in reverse
alias extract='cut -d"," -f'  # Extract CSV column

# Live Monitoring
alias watch='tail -n 100 -f'  # View last 100 lines of a file live

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