ali

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Populate your alias, for the lazy. Does nothing more than echoing an alias and its command to either .bash_aliases (if it exists) or .aliases (which can be sourced in any shell). Tests if an alias already exists. Nothing too fancy.

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#!/bin/bash
# ali - populate your .bash_alias quickly

NOR='\033[0m'
RED='\033[00;31m'
GREEN='\033[00;32m'
YELLOW='\033[00;33m'

# make sure we are in the user's home folder
cd /home/$USER

# check for an existing alias file, usually .bash_alias
if [ -f /home/$USER/.bash_aliases ]
then
	alifile="/home/$USER/.bash_aliases"
else
	alifile="/home/$USER/.aliases"
fi

ali_new()
{
    echo "-------------------------------------------"
    echo -e "Adding aliases to ${GREEN}$alifile ${NOR}"
    echo "-------------------------------------------"
    echo -e "Enter alias name - ${YELLOW}ctrl-c to cancel${NOR} :"
    read a
    if grep "$a=" $alifile
    then
        echo -e "${RED}This alias exists, retry...${NOR}"
	ali_new
    else
        echo "Enter command for $a:"
        read b
        newali="alias $a="\"$b\"
        echo $newali >> $alifile
    fi
    read -n1 -p 'More? (Y/n) '
    if [ $REPLY = 'n' ]; then
        $SHELL
        exit 0
    fi
    ali_new
}

# start routine
ali_new

and because it's for the lazy: wget http://linuxbbq.org/ali