snarf updated from experience with new config names, utils updated with higher stack...

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / core / common.alias

diff --git a/scripts/core/common.alias b/scripts/core/common.alias
index 77dee20a849eaf08cf0919de2583d24a8f007a48..569eae1dbbabdff8ed36728b288d645f99ec2b1b 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/common.alias
+++ b/scripts/core/common.alias
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@
 # Feel free to send updates to: [ fred@gruntose.com ]
 ##############
 
-# common aliases for feisty_meow are located here.
-# most of these should work in any bash environment...
-# although some may require more than bash, like the aliases
-# that invoke perl scripts.
-
-##############
+# a list of core aliases for feisty meow codebase.
 
 # repurposes certain commands that feisty meow does a little differently.
 alias cls='clear_colormap; clear'
@@ -27,7 +22,8 @@ alias df='\df -mh'
 alias dir='perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/summing_dir.pl'
 alias du='\du -h'
 alias erase='perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl'
-# elaborate replacement for explorer command, which we shorten to exp.
+# elaborate replacement for filesystem explorer command, which we have
+# shortened to "exp".
 if [ "$OS" != "Windows_NT" ]; then
   if [ -n "$IS_DARWIN" ]; then
     # case for mac os x.
@@ -43,10 +39,11 @@ else
   # windows gets routed to our helpful script instead.
   alias exp="bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/winders/exploder.sh"
 fi
-# re-use work we did on 'exp' macro for longer command.
+# re-use work we did on 'exp' macro for the longer windows command.
 alias explorer=exp
-alias l='\ls -hFC $color_add'
-alias ls='\ls -hFC $color_add'
+alias i=inventory
+alias l='perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/summing_dir.pl'
+alias ls='ls -HhFC $color_add'
 alias lsd='ls -hl'
 alias md='mkdir'
 alias more='less'
@@ -58,6 +55,7 @@ alias rd='perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/zapdirs.pl'
 alias ren='\mv -v -i '
 alias rm='perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl'
 alias rmdir='perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/zapdirs.pl'
+alias s='echo "##############"'
 alias path='echo $PATH'
 alias whence=which
 
@@ -92,6 +90,7 @@ alias cputemp='acpi -t'
 # makes root user's home directory's permissions right.
 alias reroot='chown -R root:root /root'
 # yes, these are really helpful...
+alias whoareyou='echo -e "Hello, I am a computer named $(hostname)\nand I'\''m very pleased to meet you."'
 alias whereami='echo whoa dude, try not to think about it...'
 alias why='echo just because.'
 
@@ -115,3 +114,8 @@ unalias fredme &>/dev/null
 
 ##############
 
+# set the sentinel variable that says this file was handled.
+export CORE_ALIASES_LOADED=true
+
+##############
+