Alias Manager

A simple alias manager for linux shells written in C

Published on Nov 07, 2023

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Alias Manager

Alias Manager is a simple command-line tool written in C for managing aliases in your shell. It supports adding, listing and removing aliases in your shell

Features

  • Add new aliases with custom commands
  • List existing aliases
  • Remove aliases by name

Installation

  1. Clone this repository to your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/kazetachinuu/alias_manager.git
cd alias_manager
  1. Install the Alias Manager binary by running the install script:
./install.sh

Usage

Alias Manager provides several subcommands for managing aliases. Here’s a summary of the available subcommands:

am [SUBCOMMAND] [ARGS]

Subcommands:

  • add: Add a new alias with a custom command.
am add <ALIAS_NAME> <COMMAND>
  • ls: List all existing aliases with optionnal matching string.
am ls [STRING]
  • rm: Remove an alias by name.
am rm  <ALIAS_NAME> [-f|--force]

Example

$ am add gp "git push"
$ am ls git

Aliases matching "git":
gca='git commit -a -m'
gs='git status'
gp='git push'
gpl='git pull'
gpt='git push --follow-tags'

Options:

  • -V, --version: Prints version information
  • -h, --help: Prints help information for the subcommand.

Note: The alias names are case-sensitive, so make sure to provide the correct case when using alias names.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you would like to contribute to the Alias Manager project, please open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.