README.md

Oh-my-zsh Handy Helpers Plugin

Aliases and helper functions that you can use with oh-my-zsh

Installation

git clone https://github.com/jhwohlgemuth/zsh-handy-helpers.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-handy-helpers

Usage

• Add zsh-handy-helpers to the plugins array in your .zshrc file:

plugins=(... zsh-handy-helpers)

• Open a new terminal or execute source ~/.zshrc

Aliases

Alias	Command
rf	rm -frd

Functions

Name	Command	Tested
clean FOLDERNAME	Delete FOLDERNAME, create FOLDERNAME, enter FOLDERNAME	yes
create_ssh_key	Create SSH key (with no passphrase) for use with services like GitHub.com	yes
did MESSAGE [TAG]	Save MESSAGE to ~/did.txt log	yes
dip ID	Get Docker container IP address (can use container name or ID)	yes
dra	Remove all Docker containers	yes
fix_enospc_issue	Fix common issue with filesystem event watchers	yes
fix_ssh_key_permissions	Resolve common permission issue with SSH configuration file	yes
iter FUNCTION	Higher order function that will apply FUNCTION to items in a list	yes
prevent_user USERNAME $1	Higher order helper function	yes
prevent_root $1	Helper function to be used within functions in order to prevent execution as root	yes
qr DATA	Create a QR in your terminal with DATA (good for passing a URL to your phone)	yes
timestamp	Create a timestamp	yes

Examples

• Prevent executing a function as root:

foo()  {
    prevent_root "$0"
    echo "This will only show if not root"
}