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Singlechar plugin

This plugin adds single char shortcuts (and combinations) for some commands.

To use it, add singlechar to the plugins array of your zshrc file:

plugins=(... singlechar)

Aliases

CAT, GREP, CURL, WGET

Alias Command Description
y grep -Ri Find case-insensitive string in all files and directories, recursively. Follows symlinks.
n grep -Rvi Same as above but only show lines that don't match the string.
f grep -Rli Same as 'y' but only print the filenames where the string is found.
fn grep -Rlvi Same as above but only show files that don't contain the string.
f. find . \| grep Grep list of files in current directory
f: find 'find' command
p less 'less' command
m man 'man' command
d wget 'wget' command
u curl 'curl' command
c cat 'cat' command
w echo > Write arguments to file, overwriting it if it exists.
a echo >> Write arguments to file, appending them if the file exists.
w: cat > Write stdin to file, overwriting if it exists.
a: cat >> Write stdin to file, appending it if the file exists.

XARGS

These aliases are versions of the aliases above but using xargs. This can be used by piping the arguments to the xargs aliases.

Alias Command Description
x xargs 'xargs' command
xy xargs grep -Ri Same as 'y' alias using xargs.
xn xargs grep -Rvi Same as 'n' alias using xargs.
xf xargs grep -Rli Same as 'f' alias using xargs.
xfn xargs grep -Rlvi Same as 'fn' alias using xargs.
xf. xargs find \| grep Same as 'f.' alias using xargs.
xf: xargs find Same as 'f:' alias using xargs.
xc xargs cat Same as 'c' alias using xargs.
xp xargs less Same as 'p' alias using xargs.
xm xargs man Same as 'm' alias using xargs.
xd xargs wget Same as 'd' alias using xargs.
xu xargs curl Same as 'u' alias using xargs.
xw xargs echo > Same as 'w' alias using xargs.
xa xargs echo >> Same as 'a' alias using xargs.
xw: xargs cat > Same as 'w:' alias using xargs.
xa: xargs >> Same as 'a:' alias using xargs.

SUDO

These aliases are versions of the aliases above in CAT, GREP, CURL, WGET but using sudo to run them with root permission.

Alias Command Description
s sudo 'sudo' command
sy sudo grep -Ri Same as 'y' alias using sudo.
sn sudo grep -Riv Same as 'n' alias using sudo.
sf sudo grep -Rli Same as 'f' alias using sudo.
sfn sudo grep -Rlvi Same as 'fn' alias using sudo.
sf. sudo find . \| grep Same as 'f.' alias using sudo.
sf: sudo find Same as 'f:' alias using sudo.
sp sudo less Same as 'p' alias using sudo.
sm sudo man Same as 'm' alias using sudo.
sd sudo wget Same as 'd' alias using sudo.
sc sudo cat Same as 'c' alias using sudo.
sw sudo echo > Same as 'w' alias using sudo.
sa sudo echo >> Same as 'a' alias using sudo.
sw: sudo cat > Same as 'w:' alias using sudo.
sa: sudo cat >> Same as 'a:' alias using sudo.

SUDO-XARGS

Same as above but using both sudo and xargs.

Alias Command Description
sx sudo xargs 'sudo xargs' command
sxy sudo xargs grep -Ri Same as 'xy' alias using sudo.
sxn sudo xargs grep -Riv Same as 'xn' alias using sudo.
sxf sudo xargs grep -li Same as 'xf' alias using sudo.
sxfn sudo xargs grep -lvi Same as 'xfn' alias using sudo.
sxf. sudo xargs find \| grep Same as 'xf.' alias using sudo.
sxf: sudo xargs find Same as 'xf:' alias using sudo.
sxp sudo xargs less Same as 'xp' alias using sudo.
sxm sudo xargs man Same as 'xm' alias using sudo.
sxd sudo xargs wget Same as 'xd' alias using sudo.
sxu sudo xargs curl Same as 'xu' alias using sudo.
sxc sudo xargs cat Same as 'xc' alias using sudo.
sxw sudo xargs echo > Same as 'xw' alias using sudo.
sxa sudo xargs echo >> Same as 'xa' alias using sudo.
sxw: sudo xargs cat > Same as 'xw:' alias using sudo.
sxa: sudo xargs cat >> Same as 'xa:' alias using sudo.

Options

The commands grep, sudo, wget, curl, and less can be configured to use other commands via the setup variables below, before Oh My Zsh is sourced. If they are not set yet, they will use their default values:

Setup variable Default value
GREP grep
ROOT sudo
WGET wget
CURL curl
PAGER less

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