ohmyzsh/plugins/singlechar

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

Author

• Karolin Varner