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Cross-platform, cross-shell dotfiles
^{_{powered by chezmoi 🏠}}

Universal command set and colourful shell configurations for Bash, Zsh and Powershell, compatible with macOS, Windows and (partially) Linux, all managed easily using chezmoi.

Be sure to ⭐️ or 🔱 this repo if you find it useful! 😃

Project goals ⚽

• Unified set of aliases and commands.
• Familiar feel and creature comforts across environments.
• Cross-platform file management toolset.
• Easy access to common paths.
• Shortcuts to popular cross-platform apps.
• System-agnostic update and dotfiles install commands.
• A pretty interface! 💃

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Supported toolset 🛠️

Use either one or many of these, the config files will be in place and ready to provide a familiar interface.

🐚 Shells

• Bash _^🐧: ~/.bashrc ^{enhanced with Bash-It!}
• PowerShell 5.1+ _^🐧⊞: ~/.config/powershell/ ^{enhanced with Oh-My-Posh, Terminal Icons, and others!}
• Z shell _^🐧: ~/.zshrc ^{enhanced with Oh-My-Zsh, Powerlevel10K, and others!}

💻 Terminals

• Hyper _^🐧⊞: ~/.hyper.js
• iTerm2 : ~/.config/iterm/
• macOS Terminal 
• Windows Terminal ⊞: ~/.config/windows_terminal/

📦 Package managers

• Homebrew : ~/.Brewfile
• Scoop ⊞

💾 Universal apps ^_🐧⊞

• chezmoi dotfiles manager: ~/.chezmoi.toml
• cURL data transfer tool: ~/.curlrc
• Git version-control system: ~/.gitconfig
• GNU Nano 4.x+ text editor: ~/.nanorc ^{enhanced with Improved Nano Syntax Highlighting Files!}
• GNU Wget HTTP/FTP file downloader: ~/.wgetrc
• Micro text editor: ~/.config/micro/
• OpenSSH secure networking utilities: ~/.ssh/config
• Ripgrep fast-search tool: ~/.ripgreprc
• SQLite3 database client: ~/.sqliterc
• Starship 🚀 cross-shell prompt: ~/.config/starship.toml
• tmux terminal multiplexer: ~/.tmux.conf.local ^{enhanced with Oh-My-Tmux!}
• Vim text editor: ~/.vimrc ^{enhanced with Ultimate vimrc!}

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Cross-shell compatibility matrix 🏁

These are unified CLI commands available amongst different shells on all platforms. While some of their outputs may differ in style between different environments, their usage and behaviours remain universal.

Additional aliases are provided by Bash-It, Oh-My-Zsh and Powershell, and are listed by using the command alias.

System-specific aliases are marked with , ⊞, or _^🐧.

🧭 Easier navigation

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	~	Navigates to user home directory.
✅	✅	✅	cd-	Navigates to last used directory.
✅	✅	✅	.. cd..	Navigates up a directory.
✅	✅	✅	...	Navigates up two directories.
✅	✅	✅	....	Navigates up three directories.
✅	✅	✅	.....	Navigates up four directories.

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🗂️ Directory browsing

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	l	Lists visible files in long format.
✅	✅	✅	ll	Lists all files in long format, excluding . and ...
✅	✅	✅	lsd	Lists only directories in long format.
✅	✅	✅	lsh	Lists only hidden files in long format.

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🗄️ File management

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	cpv	Copies a file securely.
✅	✅	✅	fd	Finds directories.
✅	✅	✅	ff	Finds files.
❌	✅	❌	mirror	Mirrors directories.
✅	✅	✅	rg	Searches recursively with ripgrep.

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💡 General aliases

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	alias	Lists aliases.
✅	✅	✅	c	Clears the console screen.
✅	❌	✅	extract x	Extracts common file formats. Usage: extract solarized.zip
✅	✅	✅	h	Displays/Searches global history. Usage: h Usage: h cd
✅	✅	⚠️	hs	Displays/Searches session history. Usage: hs Usage: hs cd
✅	✅	✅	mkcd take	Creates directory and change to it. Usage: mkcd foldername
✅	❌	✅	reload	Reloads the shell.
✅	✅	✅	repeat r	Repeats a command x times. Usage: repeat 5 echo hello.
✅	❌	✅	resource	Reloads configuration.

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🕙 Time

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	now unow	Gets local/UTC date and time in ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.
✅	✅	✅	nowdate unowdate	Gets local/UTC date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
✅	✅	✅	nowtime unowtime	Gets local/UTC time in hh:mm:ss format.
✅	✅	✅	timestamp	Gets Unix time stamp.
✅	✅	✅	week	Gets week number in ISO 8601 format YYYY-Www.
✅	✅	✅	weekday	Gets weekday number.

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🌐 Networking

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	fastping	Pings hostname(s) 30 times in quick succession.
✅	✅	✅	flushdns	Flushes the DNS cache.
✅	✅	✅	ips	Gets all IP addresses.
✅	✅	✅	localip	Gets local IP address.
✅	✅	✅	publicip	Gets external IP address.
✅	✅	✅	GET HEAD POST PUT DELETE TRACE OPTIONS	Sends HTTP requests. _Usage: GET https://example.com

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⚡ Power management

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	hibernate	Hibernates the system.
✅	✅	✅	lock	Locks the session.
✅	✅	✅	poweroff	Shuts down the system.
✅	✅	✅	reboot	Restarts the system.

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🤓 Sysadmin

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	mnt	Lists drive mounts.
✅	✅	✅	path	Prints each $PATH entry on a separate line.
✅	✅	✅	sysinfo	Displays information about the system. Uses either Winfetch, Neofetch, or Screenfetch.
✅	✅	✅	top	Monitors processes and system resources. Uses either atop, htop, ntop ⊞, or native.
✅	✅	✅	update	Keeps all apps and packages up to date.

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🖥️ Applications

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	browse	Opens file/URL in default browser. Usage: browse https://example.com
✅	✅	✅	chrome	Opens file/URL in Chrome.
✅	✅	✅	edge	Opens file/URL in Microsoft Edge.
✅	✅	✅	firefox	Opens file/URL in Firefox.
❔	✅	❔	iexplore	Opens file/URL in Internet Explorer. ⊞
✅	✅	✅	opera	Opens file/URL in Opera.
✅	✅	✅	safari	Opens file/URL in Safari. 
✅	✅	✅	ss	Enters the Starship 🚀 cross-shell prompt.
✅	✅	✅	subl st	Opens in Sublime Text.

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👩‍💻 Development

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	dk	🐳 Alias for docker.
✅	✅	✅	dco	🐳 Alias for docker-compose.
✅	✅	✅	g	Alias for git.
✅	✅	✅	va	🐍 Activates Python virtual environment venv.
✅	✅	✅	ve	🐍 Creates Python virtual environment venv.

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 macOS

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	hidedesktop showdesktop	Toggles display of desktop icons.
✅	✅	✅	hidefiles showfiles	Toggles hidden files display in Finder.
✅	✅	✅	spotoff spoton	Toggles Spotlight.

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⊞ Windows

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
❔	✅	❔	hidefiles showfiles	Toggles hidden files display in File Explorer.

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📁 Common paths

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	dls	Navigates to ~/Downloads.
✅	✅	✅	docs	Navigates to ~/Documents.
✅	✅	✅	dt	Navigates to ~/Desktop.

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📁 Configuration paths

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	chezmoiconf	Navigates to Chezmoi's local configuration repo.
✅	✅	✅	powershellconf	Navigates to Powershell's profile location.
✅	✅	✅	sublimeconf	Navigates to Sublime Text's local configuration repo.

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📁 Custom paths

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	archives	Navigates to ~/Archives.
✅	✅	✅	repos	Navigates to ~/Code.

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🌱 Varia

Bash	PowerShell	Zsh	Command	Description
✅	✅	✅	cb	📋 Copies contents to the clipboard.
✅	✅	✅	cbpaste	📋 Pastes the contents of the clipboard.
✅	✅	✅	md5sum	#️⃣ Calculates MD5 hashes.
✅	✅	✅	sha1sum	#️⃣ Calculates SHA1 hashes.
✅	✅	✅	sha256sum	#️⃣ Calculates SHA256 hashes.
✅	✅	✅	forecast	🌤️ Displays detailed weather and forecast.
✅	✅	✅	weather	🌤️ Displays current weather.

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Inspirations 💡

• Digital Ocean: What are your favorite bash aliases?
• GitHub: dotfiles
• GitHub: Jay Harris' Windows dotfiles
• GitHub: Jan Moesen's dotfiles
• GitHub: Mathias Bynens' dotfiles
• nixCraft: 30 Handy Bash Shell Aliases For Linux / Unix / Mac OS X

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_{Assembled with ❤️ in Montréal.}