aliases in .bashrc

If you use fish you can use abbreviations

An alias file is what I’ve found to be the simplest. Just have to add one line to either .zshrc or .bashrc that links to the file. I store the alias file and some custom scripts that a few aliases call in a git repo so it’s literally just a matter of git pull, add one line to the rc file and then close and reopen the terminal and everything is ready to go.

Fish shell. Out of the box it autocompletes taking into account in which directory you are. It’s like bash Ctrl+r but without actually invoking it before. Really ergonomic.

I like bash scripts + auto key! Custom commands with custom keybinds.

Fish (or zsh with some addons) will give you tab completion based on previous commands, might be something of interest?

Here’s some addon tips if you’d rather run zsh instead of fish:

https://gist.github.com/abhigenie92/a907cdf8a474aa6b569ebe89aeee560d

I use vi as the command line editor, so fetching history commands is quick:

ESC /searchstring

But if it’s something really frequent or may benefit from parameters, I usually throw a perl or bash script in /usr/local/bin.

Try fzf. The default hooks will launch fuzzy finders for

• C-r: history search
• Alt-c: change directory
• C-t: fill in argument for a nested path

All seem pretty good for your use case.

I use this method from Luke smith for bookmarking.

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=d_11QaTlf1I

I just have another file for commands.

You can use rofi/dmenu/bemenu. I use kickoff though.