Talias

easier linux aliases

The purpose of talias is to allow users to create temporary aliases based on commands in their shell history. This works by creating a bash script in a known location in the users path. By default Talias will remove expired commands when it is run, but they can always be restored as long as you don't explicitly delete them.

Quick Start

• Download the talias binary from the release page
• Place talias somewhere in your path and make sure it is executable, e.g.
  • sudo cp ~/Downloads/talias /usr/local/bin/
  • sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/talias
• Add these lines to your ~/.bashrc so that the talias bin dir is in your path and your shell history is updated after each command. export PATH=~/.talias/bin:$PATH export PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND$'\n'}history -a; history -c; history -r"
• Re-source your rc file with the command source ~/.bashrc
• You're ready to start taliasing - talias -h

Building and using

Download go run go build talias.go

Add the talias bin dir to your path eg vi ~/.bashrc and add this at the end export PATH=~/.talias/bin:$PATH This will keep it set across shell sessions. Then resource the file to get started source ~/.bashrc

Usage

Usage: talias [OPTION]... [ALIAS]

-l list aliases -a add or extend an alias -d delete an alias -h print usage message -v display version string

Files Locations

• ~/.talias/bin/ - home of alias scripts
• ~/.talias/alias.db - json meta data for aliases
• ~/.talias/talis/conf - talis config overrides