Useful Bash aliases

.bash_aliases

## Working with shell

# - [r]e[m]ove [d]irectory
alias rmd='rm -rf'

# - [l]ist in [h]uman format
alias lh='ls -lh'

# - [l]ist [u]sage
alias lu='ls | xargs -d "\n" du -sh'

# - [l]ist [u]sage [s]orted
alias lus='ls | xargs -d "\n" du -sh | sort -hr'

# - [less] with e[s]
alias lesss='less -S'


## cUrl

# - show response headers
alias curl_headers='curl -s -I -X GET'
# alias curl_headers='curl -s -D - -o /dev/null'


## Random utils

# - pseudo random string (append length parameter)
alias pseudorandomstring='< /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Z-a-z-0-9 | head -c'


## Syncing (and deploying)

# Sync a (git) repository
# Params: -[r]ecursive -preserve [t]imestamps -compre[z] -[v]erbose
# Also, exclude any hidden files and directories.
alias rsync_repo='rsync -rtzv --delete --delete-excluded --exclude=".*"'

# Deploy web (development to production) via rsync
# Note: add trailing slash to <src-dir> in order to sync directory contents rather than directory itself (adding trailing slash to <tgt-dir> makes no difference)
# Example: rsync_web ~/local/project_dir/ ~/remote/project_dir/web/
# Params: -[r]ecursive -preserve sym[l]inks -preserve [t]imestamps -compre[z] -[v]erbose
alias rsync_web='rsync -rltzv --delete'


## Sysadmin

# Debian: list all services ([-] stopped or [+] running)
alias list_services='service --status-all'