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If one of your top commands is `clear`, you may like my alias `c`: $ alias c='clear &&' $ # Usage: $ c git status [1]: https://github.com/grantzvolsky/s

If one of your top commands is `clear`, you may like my alias `c`: $ alias c='clear &&' $ # Usage: $ c git status [1]: https://github.com/grantzvolsky/skel/blob/ea43b1969463a97f9623209ba0da705f9d084d5e/skels/xubuntu-2004/home/wx/.bashrc.d/aliases.sh#L4 https://github.com/grantzvolsky/skel/blob/ea43b1969463a97f96...

bxparks 6y ago
If you use bash (or zsh, and maybe others), hit ^L (control-L) to clear the screen. From the bash(1) manual: clear-screen (C-l) Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the screen. With an argument, refresh the current line without clearing the screen.
- austinjp 6y ago
  I must hit ctrl-l a thousand times a day, learned it before I knew of clear.
Aperocky 6y ago
If one of your top commands is `cd ../..` you may like my alias/function `..` $ .. 2 # go back 2 directories, i.e. 'cd ../..' $ .. # 'cd ..' https://github.com/Aperocky/unix-setup/blob/master/.bashrc#L49-L57 https://github.com/Aperocky/unix-setup/blob/master/.bashrc#L...
- moehm 6y ago
  I use '..' for '$ cd ..' and '...' for '$ cd ../..'.
  - Aperocky 6y ago
    I like '$ .. 5' because after the number goes up the dots become very hard to count.
    - moehm 6y ago
      Great idea, thanks!
- WalterGR 6y ago
  Going to my home dir is another frequent operation for me so I also have alias ~='pushd ~' (Those are tildes but may look like dashes depending on your font and size...) Not as fancy as some other aliases I see here but does the (basic) trick.
  - stevekemp 6y ago
    A raw "cd" with no arguments will take you back to your home-directory. Of course "~" is one less character to type, but on the off-chance you didn't know.
    - JNRowe 6y ago
      As we're offering alternatives. Either `shopt autocd` in bash or `setopt auto_cd` in zsh, then ~ changes to home by simply being a path.
aemreunal 6y ago
I clear the screen a lot, but I use Cmd+K to clear the whole Terminal.app screen or Cmd+L to clear the last command (and its output) on Mac, rather than using the `clear` command. I use Bash, not sure if it works on other terminal emulators.

bxparks 6y ago

If you use bash (or zsh, and maybe others), hit ^L (control-L) to clear the screen. From the bash(1) manual: clear-screen (C-l) Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the screen. With an argument, refresh the current line without clearing the screen.

austinjp 6y ago
I must hit ctrl-l a thousand times a day, learned it before I knew of clear.

Aperocky 6y ago

If one of your top commands is `cd ../..` you may like my alias/function `..` $ .. 2 # go back 2 directories, i.e. 'cd ../..' $ .. # 'cd ..' https://github.com/Aperocky/unix-setup/blob/master/.bashrc#L49-L57 https://github.com/Aperocky/unix-setup/blob/master/.bashrc#L...

moehm 6y ago
I use '..' for '$ cd ..' and '...' for '$ cd ../..'.
- Aperocky 6y ago
  I like '$ .. 5' because after the number goes up the dots become very hard to count.
  - moehm 6y ago
    Great idea, thanks!
WalterGR 6y ago
Going to my home dir is another frequent operation for me so I also have alias ~='pushd ~' (Those are tildes but may look like dashes depending on your font and size...) Not as fancy as some other aliases I see here but does the (basic) trick.
- stevekemp 6y ago
  A raw "cd" with no arguments will take you back to your home-directory. Of course "~" is one less character to type, but on the off-chance you didn't know.
  - JNRowe 6y ago
    As we're offering alternatives. Either `shopt autocd` in bash or `setopt auto_cd` in zsh, then ~ changes to home by simply being a path.

aemreunal 6y ago

I clear the screen a lot, but I use Cmd+K to clear the whole Terminal.app screen or Cmd+L to clear the last command (and its output) on Mac, rather than using the `clear` command. I use Bash, not sure if it works on other terminal emulators.