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Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash aliases

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Re: Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash aliases

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Command line fu ( http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse ) already contains a pretty big collection of useful shell snippets, I'm not sure that making another website will help. [edit] However, I have to admit that I prefer your design. :)

One thing that isn't really highlighted as much as it should be is that you can directly grab or source your opted-in aliases, eg. wget -q -O - "$@" https://alias.sh/user/[userid]/alias >> ~/.bash_aliases or, if you like to live dangerously: source

for me the wget thing doesn't work. i get some aliases, but not those i have been adding to my list.

Re: Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash aliases

#23
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post #18

I don't know if it is my browser, but to me I get the feeling the site is disabled, with the very darkend colors. It's almost as if a modal is showing, and the rest of the page is faded out - but I can't see no modal. Just my first impressions. But other than that: Really cool - going straight to the bookmarks!

Had the exact same reaction when I first opened the site, thought my eyes had gone funny.

Hey guys, thanks for the feedback. I did the design for the site.

Tonight I'm planning on bumping up the contrast and it seems calibrating my monitor also ;)

Re: Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash aliases

#24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One thing that isn't really highlighted as much as it should be is that you can directly grab or source your opted-in aliases, eg. wget -q -O - "$@" https://alias.sh/user/[userid]/alias >> ~/.bash_aliases or, if you like to live dangerously: source

for me the wget thing doesn't work. i get some aliases, but not those i have been adding to my list.

fschwehn, can you try again. We picked the bug up you were describing.

Also aliases are meant to be public. We may have private aliases in the future.

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.

Re: Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash aliases

#25
Heart almost skipped a beat when first glanced at the welcome email, last two lines:

username: thomseddon password: Your password

With the actual text "Your password", Phew!! Not quite sure it's necessary to include this line, for the sake of your users cardiovascular health you may wish to consider removing it!

(Oh, do really like this site, started using it already as you can see!)

Re: Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash aliases

#28
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

for me the wget thing doesn't work. i get some aliases, but not those i have been adding to my list.

fschwehn, can you try again. We picked the bug up you were describing. Also aliases are meant to be public. We may have private aliases in the future. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.

thanks, now works like a charm!

Re: Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash aliases

#29
This website is quite fun, except it has (for me) one fatal flaw - if I use the automated stuff I am stuck with whatever name someone else decided to give the alias.

For example, http://alias.sh/open-any-file-default-command-file I find so useful I shorted the alias to 'o'. Now, I could make another alias with a different name, but that seems like a bad idea..

Re: Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash aliases

#30

This looks great! The 'freq' alias is new to me -- very cool. I would find this more useful were I not to have to create an account before uploading my aliases.

Yeah, sorting your bash history helps highlight what you spend most of your time doing and if that can be cut down at all.
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