NSLog();: “I thought I'd share - with commentary - some of my other favorite tcsh shortcuts (aliases).”

Here's some of mine, some simple, some easy, some fun.

cURL aliases:

• alias wcurl    "cd ~/Downloads/curl ; curl -O" #cd to download folder and download
• alias weather    'curl -q -s http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/md/hourly.html | grep ANDREW | head -n 1' #Grab weather
• alias icurl    'curl -q -I' #header dump

File System aliases:

• alias cs    'cd \!*; ls -lhF' #cd and ls folder
• alias eject    'hdiutil eject disk\!*' #eject a disk number
• alias filec 'ls -lR \!* | grep -c "^-"' #file counter
• alias ls.    'ls -hld .[a-zA-Z0-9]*' #list invisibles
• alias lsa    'ls -lA \!* | more' #list files
• alias lsd    'ls -lA \!* | grep ^d | more' #list directories
• alias lsf    'ls -lA \!* | grep ^- | more' #list files
• alias mkln    'ln -s' #Easy symlink

I Hate Typing aliases:

• alias ks    'ls'
• alias namp    'nmap'
• alias p    'pwd'
• alias unbz    'bunzip2' #shorter
• alias ungz    'gunzip' #shorter
• alias untar    'tar -xf' #Expand .tar files
• alias untaz    'tar -xzf' #Expand .tgz files
• alias unzip    'unzip -q' #shorter

Short Utility aliases:

• alias nkill    'kill `top -l1 | grep -i \!* | cut -c1-5`' #Kill a program by name
• alias ltop    'top -l1 | more' #top dump
• alias utop    'top -s1 -u' #top sort by usage
• alias psa    'ps -aucx | sort +1n' #sorted ps output

Appswitch aliases:

• alias kdock    'appswitch -K -c dock' #Kill the Dock
• alias kfinder    'appswitch -K -c MACS' #Kill the Finder
• alias kmenu    'appswitch -K -c syui' #Kill the SystemUIServer
• alias psl    'appswitch -l' #ps for GUI apps
• alias psll    'appswitch -L' #Extended ps for GUI apps
• alias hide    'appswitch -h' #Hide listed app
• alias hideall 'appswitch -H' #Hie all other apps

iTunes shell script aliases (AppleScripts):

• alias enfo    'itunes -e' #extended info
• alias info    'itunes -i' #basic info
• alias loud    'itunes -v 100' #max volume
• alias mute    'itunes -m' #toggle mute
• alias next    'itunes -n' #next song
• alias prev    'itunes -p' #previous song
• alias quiet    'itunes -v 10' #quiet
• alias rate    'itunes -r' #get/set rating