Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:52:06 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard dijo:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, wes wrote:
Alias! Alias is prezackly what I was looking for!
I knew there had to be a way!
alias is good for string:string conversions, and probably just what
you want. If there ever comes a point where you want to have options
that get interpolated into the output string, then a function may be
the ticket.
I have a handful of machines in my home domain; I ssh into all of them
fairly regularly. I'm not a fan of using short hostnames for ssh
logins, so I have this habit of only using fully qualified domain
names. Of course, all that typing is a nuisance. So I conconcted a
simple function:
mli ()
{
ssh $1.madboa.com
}
So
mli clayton
becomes
ssh clayton.madboa.com
This works even better with bash's complete utility:
complete -W 'arrowhead clayton omega silver tunnel' mli
Which allows me to tab-complete hostnames from the shell prompt when
using the mli function.
A couple years ago, I posted to my web site a more complex example
that allows optional positional parameters:
https://www.madboa.com/blog/2015/09/28/ipmicli-function/
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Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: Alias! Alias is prezackly what I was looking for! Alas! Alas! Where's my missing alias? Glad you found alternative solutions, John. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:52:06 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, wes wrote: Alias! Alias is prezackly what I was looking for! I knew there had to be a way! Thanks to all for the replies! ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, wes wrote: Since the utility you're calling is mkvmerge, I might be tempted to create an alias called "mm". That doesn't do anything on my system, but you might want to check yours first to make sure it's not taken. Such an alias would look like so: alias mm='mkvmerge -i' Thereafter, you can simply type mm , and you're off to the races. Bash automagically passes along any arguments you supply to an alias. +1 for aliasing frequently used commands. I have several aliases in ~/.bashrc: alias ls='ls --color=tty -F' alias rm='rm -i' alias ll='ls -la' I've used them so long they're automatic. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, Galen Seitz wrote: Up arrow or Ctrl-r to get the desired command. Ctrl-e to place the cursor at the end of the command (if it's not already there), ctrl-w to erase the last argument (the old filename). Then type your new argument (the new filename), using the tab character for filename completion. This works for urxvt, too, with a minor difference. In urxvt the up arror, or C-r to search for the last command, positions the cursor at the end of the command line. A short bash script to repeat the command for all movie names will save time if the moves are repeated with a different batch of file names. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:47 PM wes wrote: > > > > > > OK, this is Linux, where someone a long time ago decided to name a root > > folder /usr to save typing just one tiny letter. I mean, seriously. > > There has to be a way to save constantly re-typing at the command line. > > Any suggestions? > > > > I have so many command aliases, that I've moved them out of my .bashrc into > their own .shell_aliases file. You'll want to find a handy combination of > letters which don't already belong to a command, and create one to suit > your purposes. There are many ways to do this, each having their own pros > and cons. I'll discuss one way; I'm sure others will chime in with various > other solutions and tell me what's missing from mine. > > Since the utility you're calling is mkvmerge, I might be tempted to create > an alias called "mm". That doesn't do anything on my system, but you might > want to check yours first to make sure it's not taken. Such an alias would > look like so: > > alias mm='mkvmerge -i' > > Thereafter, you can simply type mm , and you're off to the > races. Bash automagically passes along any arguments you supply to an > alias. > > You can place this in your .bashrc file if you want it to be available upon > each future login. > > And bash (or zsh) autocomplete will try to autocomplete using esc-esc and that applies to aliases too. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
> > > OK, this is Linux, where someone a long time ago decided to name a root > folder /usr to save typing just one tiny letter. I mean, seriously. > There has to be a way to save constantly re-typing at the command line. > Any suggestions? > I have so many command aliases, that I've moved them out of my .bashrc into their own .shell_aliases file. You'll want to find a handy combination of letters which don't already belong to a command, and create one to suit your purposes. There are many ways to do this, each having their own pros and cons. I'll discuss one way; I'm sure others will chime in with various other solutions and tell me what's missing from mine. Since the utility you're calling is mkvmerge, I might be tempted to create an alias called "mm". That doesn't do anything on my system, but you might want to check yours first to make sure it's not taken. Such an alias would look like so: alias mm='mkvmerge -i' Thereafter, you can simply type mm , and you're off to the races. Bash automagically passes along any arguments you supply to an alias. You can place this in your .bashrc file if you want it to be available upon each future login. -wes ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
On 06/19/2018 10:09 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I prefer Gnome terminal because it is more visually configurable than others that I have tried. Often I need to repeat a command with a different object, so the up arrow doesn't save typing. For example: mkvmerge -i (and repeat with a different movie) It annoys me that I keep having to re-type 'mkvmerge -i' over and over again. I could copy it to the clipboard and paste it in, except that I use the clipboard to get , which overwrites the clipboard. And besides, 'mkvmerge -i' is only one of several such commands that I have to keep re-typing. What would be really cool would be an 'auto-text' feature as in a word processor, where you can create a series of letters (any length) and assign it a short sequence of letters that you can type to invoke the entire series of letters. Web searching found me Ctrl-r, but if I type mkv- it pops up the entire preceding command, including . OK, this is Linux, where someone a long time ago decided to name a root folder /usr to save typing just one tiny letter. I mean, seriously. There has to be a way to save constantly re-typing at the command line. Any suggestions? Up arrow or Ctrl-r to get the desired command. Ctrl-e to place the cursor at the end of the command (if it's not already there), ctrl-w to erase the last argument (the old filename). Then type your new argument (the new filename), using the tab character for filename completion. There's other fancy editing that can be done. This is just the first one that comes to mind. Note that this assumes you haven't changed the default editing characters. For instance, ctrl-e is Emacs go to end of line. There is at least one other alternative mappings based on vi. galen -- Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
I would check for alias Man alias or bash is your friend. That allows you to assign shortcuts to a command and save typing. Another alternative, more flexible, would be to create wrapper scrtipt or function for your long commands. -T On Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 10:37 PM Russell Senior wrote: > You can cut/paste with ctrl-shift-c/ctrl-shift-v in gnome terminal, afaik. > What don't you like about up-arrow? That you have to backspace over > things? There's probably a delete-word binding, Ctrl-W. So, maybe Ctrl-P > Ctrl-W? > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 PM, John Jason Jordan > wrote: > > > I prefer Gnome terminal because it is more visually configurable than > > others that I have tried. > > > > Often I need to repeat a command with a different object, so the up > > arrow doesn't save typing. For example: > > > > mkvmerge -i (and repeat with a different movie) > > > > It annoys me that I keep having to re-type 'mkvmerge -i' over and over > > again. I could copy it to the clipboard and paste it in, except that I > > use the clipboard to get , which overwrites the clipboard. > > And besides, 'mkvmerge -i' is only one of several such commands that I > > have to keep re-typing. > > > > What would be really cool would be an 'auto-text' feature as in a word > > processor, where you can create a series of letters (any length) and > > assign it a short sequence of letters that you can type to invoke the > > entire series of letters. > > > > Web searching found me Ctrl-r, but if I type mkv- it pops up the entire > > preceding command, including . > > > > OK, this is Linux, where someone a long time ago decided to name a root > > folder /usr to save typing just one tiny letter. I mean, seriously. > > There has to be a way to save constantly re-typing at the command line. > > Any suggestions? > > ___ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
F1 in the terminal will bring up the terminal help page, there is a keyboard shortcuts link that lists them. On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:37 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > You can cut/paste with ctrl-shift-c/ctrl-shift-v in gnome terminal, > afaik. What don't you like about up-arrow? That you have to backspace > over things? There's probably a delete-word binding, Ctrl-W. So, maybe > Ctrl-P Ctrl-W? > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 PM, John Jason Jordan > wrote: > >> I prefer Gnome terminal because it is more visually configurable than >> others that I have tried. >> >> Often I need to repeat a command with a different object, so the up >> arrow doesn't save typing. For example: >> >> mkvmerge -i (and repeat with a different movie) >> >> It annoys me that I keep having to re-type 'mkvmerge -i' over and over >> again. I could copy it to the clipboard and paste it in, except that I >> use the clipboard to get , which overwrites the clipboard. >> And besides, 'mkvmerge -i' is only one of several such commands that I >> have to keep re-typing. >> >> What would be really cool would be an 'auto-text' feature as in a word >> processor, where you can create a series of letters (any length) and >> assign it a short sequence of letters that you can type to invoke the >> entire series of letters. >> >> Web searching found me Ctrl-r, but if I type mkv- it pops up the entire >> preceding command, including . >> >> OK, this is Linux, where someone a long time ago decided to name a root >> folder /usr to save typing just one tiny letter. I mean, seriously. >> There has to be a way to save constantly re-typing at the command line. >> Any suggestions? >> ___ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
You can cut/paste with ctrl-shift-c/ctrl-shift-v in gnome terminal, afaik. What don't you like about up-arrow? That you have to backspace over things? There's probably a delete-word binding, Ctrl-W. So, maybe Ctrl-P Ctrl-W? On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 10:09 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I prefer Gnome terminal because it is more visually configurable than > others that I have tried. > > Often I need to repeat a command with a different object, so the up > arrow doesn't save typing. For example: > > mkvmerge -i (and repeat with a different movie) > > It annoys me that I keep having to re-type 'mkvmerge -i' over and over > again. I could copy it to the clipboard and paste it in, except that I > use the clipboard to get , which overwrites the clipboard. > And besides, 'mkvmerge -i' is only one of several such commands that I > have to keep re-typing. > > What would be really cool would be an 'auto-text' feature as in a word > processor, where you can create a series of letters (any length) and > assign it a short sequence of letters that you can type to invoke the > entire series of letters. > > Web searching found me Ctrl-r, but if I type mkv- it pops up the entire > preceding command, including . > > OK, this is Linux, where someone a long time ago decided to name a root > folder /usr to save typing just one tiny letter. I mean, seriously. > There has to be a way to save constantly re-typing at the command line. > Any suggestions? > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Terminal shortcuts
I prefer Gnome terminal because it is more visually configurable than others that I have tried. Often I need to repeat a command with a different object, so the up arrow doesn't save typing. For example: mkvmerge -i (and repeat with a different movie) It annoys me that I keep having to re-type 'mkvmerge -i' over and over again. I could copy it to the clipboard and paste it in, except that I use the clipboard to get , which overwrites the clipboard. And besides, 'mkvmerge -i' is only one of several such commands that I have to keep re-typing. What would be really cool would be an 'auto-text' feature as in a word processor, where you can create a series of letters (any length) and assign it a short sequence of letters that you can type to invoke the entire series of letters. Web searching found me Ctrl-r, but if I type mkv- it pops up the entire preceding command, including . OK, this is Linux, where someone a long time ago decided to name a root folder /usr to save typing just one tiny letter. I mean, seriously. There has to be a way to save constantly re-typing at the command line. Any suggestions? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
