A while ago I made a tiny function in my ~/.zshrc to download a video from the link in my clipboard. I use this nearly every day to share videos with people without forcing them to watch it on whatever site I found it. What’s a script/alias that you use a lot?

# Download clipboard to tmp with yt-dlp
tmpv() {
  cd /tmp/ && yt-dlp "$(wl-paste)"
}
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    I often want to know the status code of a curl request, but I don’t want that extra information to mess with the response body that it prints to stdout.

    What to do?

    Render an image instead, of course!

    curlcat takes the same params as curl, but it uses iTerm2’s imgcat tool to draw an “HTTP Cat” of the status code.

    It even sends the image to stderr instead of stdout, so you can still pipe curlcat to jq or something.

    #!/usr/bin/env zsh
    
    stdoutfile=$( mktemp )
    curl -sw "\n%{http_code}" $@ > $stdoutfile
    exitcode=$?
    
    if [[ $exitcode == 0 ]]; then
      statuscode=$( cat $stdoutfile | tail -1 )
    
      if [[ ! -f $HOME/.httpcat$statuscode ]]; then
        curl -so $HOME/.httpcat$statuscode https://http.cat/$statuscode
      fi
    
      imgcat $HOME/.httpcat$statuscode 1>&2
    fi
    
    cat $stdoutfile | ghead -n -1
    
    exit $exitcode
    

    Note: This is macOS-specific, as written, but as long as your terminal supports images, you should be able to adapt it just fine.

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    I wrote a script called please. You input please followed by any other command (e.g. please git clone, please wget blahblah) and a robotic voice will say “affirmative,” then the command will run, and when it completes, the robotic voice reads out the exit code (e.g. “completed successfully” or “failed with status 1” etc.)

    This is useful for when you have a command that takes a long time and you want to be alerted when it’s finished. And it’s a gentleman.

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        It’s full of random shit I put in as a joke, but here it is. You can use please -s to get lightly roasted when your command fails.

        spoiler
        #!/bin/bash
        # announces success or failure of task
        
        if ! command -v "spd-say" > /dev/null
        then
            echo "spd-say must be installed."
            exit -1
        fi
        
        VOLUME=0
        SERIOUS=1
        FINISH_ONLY=0
        
        if [ $# -ge 2 ]
        then
            if [ $1 == "-i" ]
            then
                # parse volume from command line
                VOLUME=$2
                shift 2
            fi
        fi
        
        spd-say -C
        
        # force stop speech synthesizer
        killall -q speech-dispatcher
        
        # androgynous voice
        # __sayfn="spd-say -i -80 -t female3"
        
        # deep voice
        __sayfn="spd-say -i $VOLUME -r -10 -p -100 -t male3"
        
        function _sayfn {
            $__sayfn "$@" 2>/dev/null
            if [ $? -ne 0 ]
            then
                $__sayfn "$@"
            fi
        }
        
        if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" == "--help" ]
        then
            _sayfn "Directive required."
            echo "Usage: please [-i volume] [-s|--serious] [-f|--finish] <command...>"
            echo "       please [-i volume] --say text"
            echo "       -i: volume in range -100 to +100"
            echo "       --serious, -s: no silliness. Serious only. (Just kidding.)"
            echo "       --finish, -f: do not announce start"
            exit -2
        fi
        
        # threading issue
        sleep 0.001
        
        if [ $# -ge 2 ]
        then
            if [ $1 == "--say" ]
            then
                # _sayfn the given line
                shift 1
                _sayfn "$@"
                exit 0
            fi
        
            if [ $1 == "--serious" ] || [ $1 == "-s" ]
            then
                shift 1
                SERIOUS=0
            fi
            
            if [ $1 == "--finish" ] || [ $1 == "-f" ]
            then
                shift 1
                FINISH_ONLY=1
            fi
        fi
        
        i=$(shuf -n1 -e "." "!") # inflection on voice
        
        if [ "$FINISH_ONLY" -eq 0 ]
        then
            if [ "$SERIOUS" -eq 0 ]
            then
                # startup lines (randomized for character)
                _sayfn -r -5 -x ".<break time=\"60ms\"/>$(shuf -n1 -e \
                    'Proceeding As Directed...' \
                    'By your command...' \
                    'By your command...' \
                    'By the power ov greyskaall!' \
                    'By your command,line...' \
                    'As you wish...' \
                    'Stand by.' \
                    'Engaged...' \
                    'Initializing...' \
                    'Activating' \
                    'At once!' \
                    "Post Haste$i" \
                    'it shall be done immediately' \
                    'Very well.' \
                    'It shall be so.' \
                    "righty-o$i" \
                    "Affirmative$i" \
                    "Acknowledged$i" \
                    "Confirmed$i" \
                )"
            else
                _sayfn -r -5 -x ".<break time=\"60ms\"/>Engaged..."
            fi
        
            if [ $? -ne 0 ]
            then
                _sayfn "Speech engine failure."
                echo "Failed to run speech engine. Cancelling task."
                exit -3
            fi
        fi
        
        if ! command -v "$1" > /dev/null
        then
            # _sayfn a little faster because this exits fast.
            _sayfn -r +10 "Unable to comply? invalid command."
            >&2 echo "$1: command not found."
            exit -4
        fi
        
        eval " $@"
        result=$?
        i=$(shuf -n1 -e "," "!" "?") # inflection on voice
        transition=$(shuf -n1 -e "; error" ", with error" "; status")
        taskname=$(shuf -n1 -e "task" "task" "command" "objective" "mission" "procedure" "routine")
        errtext=$(shuf -n1 -e "Task_failed" "Task_failed" "Task_resulted_in_failure" "Procedure_terminated_in_an_error" "An_error_has_occurred" "Auxilliary_system_failure" "system_failure")
        consolation=$(shuf -n1 -e "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "Attention required." "Attention is required!" "Perhaps It was inevitable." "It may or may not be cause for alarm." "Perhaps Machines too, are fallible." "Apologies" "Hopefully nobody else was watching" "shazbot" "maybe next time." "Nobody could have predicted this outcome." "I'm very sorry." "how unfortunate." "remember: don't panic" "oh dear" "Nothing could have been done to prevent this" "Remember: No disasters are fully preventable" "perhaps the only winning move is not to play" "Remember: Failure is our teacher, not our undertaker." "Remember: If at first you don't succeed... try again." "Remember: If at first you don't succeed... try... try again." "But your friends still love you." "Remember: the machine is not your enemy." "Command?" "Awaiting further instructions." "Remember: Logic is the beginning of wisdom... not the end of it." "Remember: When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." "Keep at it. Victory is within reach." "Remember: The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." "Now, while this could have gone better, it could also have gone much worse." "Remember: we do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it was going to be easy." "Don't give up." "It has now been... -- zero... -- days, since the last serious failure." "Remember: instead of documenting the problem, you can fix it." "Remember: Artificial intelligence is no match for artificial stupidity." "Standing by," "Remember: with every failure, we get closer to success." "We live in a society." "sometimes failure is not an option; it's a necessity." "Keep at it." "Remember: mistakes are just the first step on the road to failure... <break time=\"250ms\"/> I mean success." "Don't leave. The drones need you... <break time=\"350ms\"/> They look up to you." "Try again, for great justice." "fantastic" "brilliant" "did you really think that would work?")
        
        if [ $SERIOUS -eq 0 ]
        then
            # perhaps some silliness.
            if [ $result -eq 0 ]
            then
                _sayfn --wait "$(shuf -n1 -e \
                   "$taskname complete. All systems nominal" \
                   "$taskname completed successfully." \
                   "$taskname resulted in success." \
                   "$taskname yielded a successful result." \
                   "$taskname concluded successfully." \
                   "$taskname completed as instructed." \
                   "Jobs done." \
                )" &
            else
                if [ $result -eq 1 ]
                then
                    _sayfn -x --wait "$(shuf -n1 -e \
                       "Alert$i Primary system failure. Attention is required." \
                       "Alert$i System failure$i Attention required! $consolation" \
                       "Alert$i $taskname resulted in failure! <break time=\"150ms\"/> $consolation" \
                       "Alert$i $taskname was not completed as intended; $consolation" \
                       "Alert$i An error has occurred! <break time=\"220ms\"/> $consolation" \
                    )" &
                   
                else
                    _sayfn --wait -x "Alert$i $errtext$transition code $result! <break time=\"350ms\"/> $consolation" &
                fi
            fi
        else
            # no silliness here.
            if [ $result -eq 0 ]
            then
                _sayfn --wait "Command complete."
            else
                if [ $result -eq 1 ]
                then
                    _sayfn -x --wait "Alert. Command failed; error code $result!"
                fi
            fi
        fi
        
        exit $result
        
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      You can also use something like notifyd to generate a pop up for visual feedback :) I can’t remember the exact command right now though. Differs per distro or desktop environment, obviously.

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    I have started my daily drawing journey which i still am bad at it. To create a new .kra files files every day I use this

    #/usr/bin/bash
    
    days=$(</var/home/monika/scripts/days)
    echo "$days"
    
    file_name=/var/home/monika/Pictures/Art/day$days.kra
    
    if [ -f $file_name ]; then
      echo file is present
    else
      if [[ $days%7 -eq 0 ]]; then
        echo "Week completed"
      fi
      cp "/var/home/monika/scripts/duplicate.kra" $file_name
      flatpak run org.kde.krita $file_name
      echo $(($days + 1)) >/var/home/monika/scripts/days
    fi
    
    
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    alias gl='got log'
    alias server-name-here='ssh server-name-here'
    

    I have a bunch of the server aliases. I use those and gl the most.

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        I do have the servers in ~/.ssh/config. I just got tired of typing ssh server and wanted the be able to just type server to ssh in.

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          We almost have the same setup then, I use

          ssh_hostnames=$(grep "^Host " ~/.ssh/config | awk '!/*/ {print $2}')
          for host in $ssh_hostnames
          do
           alias $host="ssh $host"
          done
          

          in my .bash_aliases to parse the ~/.ssh/config file and cut off the 'ssh ’ part automatically for every Host I have in there.

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    function seesv
        column -s, -t < $argv[1] | less -#2 -N -S
    end
    

    I used this a lot when I had to deal with CSV files — it simply shows the data in a nice format. It’s an alias for the fish shell by the way.

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    Ooooou I got a couple :3

    This one is just a basic mirror fixing thing cuz sometimes I go a while without updating pacman:

    alias fixpkg='rate-mirrors --protocol https arch | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist && sudo pacman -Syy'
    

    This function I made to create virtual audio sinks so I can route audios via qpw and play earrape into discord calls if I want XD

    create_vsink() {
        local sink_name=${1:-vsink}  # Default sink name is 'vsink' if no input is provided
        local description=${2:-"Virtual Sink"}  # Default description
        pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name="$sink_name" sink_properties=device.des>
        echo "Virtual sink '$sink_name' created with description '$description'."
    }
    

    Simple parser function I made that makes a whole repo using my git key so it’s not just locally created I kinda forgot why I made it tbh:

    git_clone() {
        local url="${1#https://}"  # Remove "https://" if present
        git clone "https://$git_key@$url"
    }
    

    Awesome mpv function I made that allows for real time pitch+speed shifting via hotkeys and is flexible with extra parameters and shit:

    mpv_pitch() {
        if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
            echo "Usage: mpv_pitch <file> [mpv-options]"
            return 1
        fi
        local file="$1"
        shift
        mpv --input-conf=/dev/stdin "$file" "$@" <<EOF
    SHIFT+RIGHT add audio-pitch-correction 0; add pitch 0.01; add speed 0.01  # Decrease pit>
    SHIFT+LEFT add audio-pitch-correction 0; add pitch -0.01; add speed -0.01 # Increase pit>
    EOF
    }
    

    Automatic audio router for firefox audio streams that uses the aforementioned create_sink function to make a specific sink that I can use carla on to mix and make cool shit out of haha

    firefox_crush() {
        create_vsink CrunchSink "CrunchSink" 
        firefox --name firefox-vc &
    
        (while true; do
            SINK_INPUT_ID=$(pactl list sink-inputs short | grep "firefox" | awk '{print $1}')
            if [[ -n "$SINK_INPUT_ID" ]]; then
                pactl move-sink-input "$SINK_INPUT_ID" CrunchSink
                break
            fi
            sleep 0.25
        done) &
    }
    
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    One of favorites cds to the root of a project directory from a subdirectory,

    # Changes to top-level directory of git repository.
    alias gtop="cd \$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
    
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    alias scr=screen -dRU

    I don’t know why Screen has any other flags. I do not want to bother learning the keyboard shortcuts for tmux even though its probably works better

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    I have a collection of about 8 machines around the house (a lot of Raspberry Pi) that I ssh around to from various points.

    I have setup scripts named: ssp1 ssp2 ssba ss2p etc. to ssh into the various machines, and of course shared public ssh keys among them to skip the password prompt. So, yes, once you are “in” one machine in my network, if you know this, you are “in” all of them, but… it’s bloody convenient.

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      I used to have scripts like that, but eventually switched to ssh aliases. You can set up an alias for each machine in ~/.ssh/config with lines like this:

      Host p1
          HostName 192.168.1.123
          Port 22
          User pi
      

      Then access with ssh p1. Slightly more typing, but avoids adding more commands to your $PATH. Also has the benefit of letting you use the same alias with other ssh-related commands like sftp.

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    I have a few interesting ones.

    Download a video:

    alias yt="yt-dlp -o '%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' "
    

    Execute the previous command as root:

    alias please='sudo $(fc -n -l -1)'
    

    Delete all the Docker things. I do this surprisingly often:

    alias docker-nuke="docker system prune --all --volumes --force"
    

    This is a handy one for detecting a hard link

    function is-hardlink {
      count=$(stat -c %h -- "${1}")
      if [ "${count}" -gt 1 ]; then
        echo "Yes.  There are ${count} links to this file."
      else
        echo "Nope.  This file is unique."
      fi
    }
    

    I run this one pretty much every day. Regardless of the distro I’m using, it Updates All The Things:

    function up {
      if [[ $(command -v yay) ]]; then
        yay -Syu --noconfirm
        yay -Yc --noconfirm
      elif [[ $(command -v apt) ]]; then
        sudo apt update
        sudo apt upgrade -y
        sudo apt autoremove -y
      fi
      flatpak update --assumeyes
      flatpak remove --unused --assumeyes
    }
    

    I maintain an aliases file in GitLab with all the stuff I have in my environment if anyone is curious.

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      Execute the previous command as root

      Fun fact if you are using bash, !! will evaluate to the previous command, so if you miss sudo on some long command, you can also just do sudo !!.

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        With the added benefit of it looking like you’re yelling at your prompt in order to get it to use sudo.

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      With how many new Linux users we get recently, I don’t like this joke at all without a disclaimer. Yes yes, its your own fault if you execute commands without knowing what it does. But that should not punish someone by deleting every important personal file on the system.

      In case any reader don’t know, rm is a command to delete files and with the option rm -r everything recursively will be searched and deleted on the filesystem. Option -f (here bundled together as -rf) will never prompt for any non existing file. The / here means start from the root directory of you system, which in combination with the recursive option will search down everything, home folder included, and find every file. Normally this is protected todo, but the extra option --no-preserve-root makes sure this command is run with the root / path.

      Haha I know its funny. Until someone loses data. Jokes like these are harmful in my opinion.