Mac OS X Terminal Aliases & How-To

Collection of some of my fav terminal aliases that i use often & collected from the web. This file will be updated with more aliases as i find more. Feel free to comment and share your fav aliases you use :)

###Follow these simple steps to add the following aliases:###

1. Within the Terminal, run:

vim ~/.bash_profile

1. Type i and then paste the following at the top of the file:

   Laravel Artisan

   alias art='php artisan'

   Open file with Sublime Text 2 $ st /folder/example.php

   alias st='open -a "Sublime Text 2"'

   Jump back n directories at a time

   alias ..='cd ..' alias ...='cd ../../' alias ....='cd ../../../' alias .....='cd ../../../../' alias ......='cd ../../../../../'

   Flush DNS (Mac OS X Moutain Lion or Lion)

   alias dnsflush='sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder'

   To clear terminal

   alias c='clear'

   To exit terminal

   alias e='exit'

   See http://www.shellperson.net/using-sudo-with-an-alias/

   alias sudo='sudo '

   This helps me edit files that my user isn't the owner of

   alias edit='SUDO_EDITOR="open -FWne" sudo -e'

   The alias that takes me here - to editing these very aliases

   alias edit_profile='open -e ~/.bash_profile'

   I do a lot of web development, so I need to edit these non-owned files fairly often

   alias edit_hosts='edit /etc/hosts' alias edit_httpd='edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf' alias edit_php='edit /etc/php.ini' alias edit_vhosts='edit /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf'

   Some of my goto commands, including one to open the php extension folder for when I need to install custom extensions

   alias goto_web='cd ~/Sites' alias goto_phpext='sudo open /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525'

   Go to MAMP/htdocs

   alias goto_htdocs='cd /Applications/MAMP/htdocs'

   This alias recursively destroys all .DS_Store files in the folder I am currently in

   alias killDS='find . -name *.DS_Store -type f -delete'

   An alias to start my custom MySQL installation instead of the default one

   alias mysql='/usr/local/mysql-5.5.25-osx10.6-x86_64/bin/mysql -u root'

   This alias reloads this file

   alias reload_profile='. ~/.bash_profile'

   Mac get stuck very often and are extremely slow and unstable on shutdowns. This forces a shutdown.

   alias poweroff='sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now'

   All other aliases

   alias ls='ls -aFhlG' alias ll='ls -l' alias search=grep alias ports='sudo lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -P'

   Run second instance of Skype (Good for using multiple accounts)

   alias ss='sudo /Applications/Skype.app/Contents/MacOS/Skype /secondary'

   Get OS X Software Updates, update Homebrew itself, and upgrade installed Homebrew packages

   alias update="sudo softwareupdate -i -a; brew update; brew upgrade"

   Speed-up Terminal load time by clearing system logs

   alias speedup="sudo rm -rf /private/var/log/asl/*"

   Empty the Trash on all mounted volumes and the main HDD

   Also, clear Apple’s System Logs to improve shell startup speed

   alias emptytrash="sudo rm -rfv /Volumes/*/.Trashes; sudo rm -rfv ~/.Trash; speedup"

   IP addresses

   To get my external IP

   alias myip='curl icanhazip.com'

   Other IP / Method

   alias ip="dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com" alias localip="ifconfig en0 inet | grep 'inet ' | awk ' { print $2 } '" alias ips="ifconfig -a | perl -nle'/(\d+.\d+.\d+.\d+)/ && print $1'"

   Enhanced WHOIS lookups

   alias whois="whois -h whois-servers.net"

   Show Hidden files in Finder

   alias finder_s='defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killAll Finder'

   Hide Hidden files in Finder

   alias finder_h='defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE; killAll Finder'

1. Hit ESC, Type :wq, and hit Enter

2. Reload the bash profile, In Terminal, run:

source ~/.bash_profile

And we're done! If everything went good, you should be able to start using those aliases right away :)