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