create your own command line aliases

[jamba]

You can create your own commands-aliases using <homedir>/.bashrc or /etc/profile. Both can be used to define your own aliases:

alias ll="ls -lh"

alias la="ls -a"

alias exit="clear; exit"

alias x="startx"

# Lets you search through all available packages simply using 'pacsearch packagename'

alias pacsearch="pacman -Sl | cut -d' ' -f2 | grep "

# sudo pacman -Syu by typing pacup (sudo must be installed and configured first)

alias pacup="sudo pacman -Syu"

# sudo pacman -S by typing pac

alias pac="sudo pacman -S"

Colorized pacman -Ss search output:

# colorized pacman output with pacs alias:

alias pacs="pacsearch"

pacsearch() {

  echo -e "$(pacman -Ss "$@" | sed \

    -e 's#^core/.*#\\033[1;31m&\\033[0;37m#g' \

    -e 's#^extra/.*#\\033[0;32m&\\033[0;37m#g' \

    -e 's#^community/.*#\\033[1;35m&\\033[0;37m#g' \

    -e 's#^.*/.* [0-9].*#\\033[0;36m&\\033[0;37m#g' ) \

    \033[0m"

}