Logical Bash Aliases

A curated set of short, memorable bash aliases organized by category.

Two-letter prefix picks the command. One-letter suffix is the first letter of the flag or variant.

..    → cd ..              ll    → ls -la
...   → cd ../..           la    → ls -A
....  → cd ../../..        lt    → ls -lAt   (sort by time)
bk    → cd -               lz    → ls -lAS   (sort by size)

gr    → grep               fd    → find . -name
gri   → grep -i            fdi   → find . -iname
grr   → grep -r

ct    → cat                df    → df -h
hd    → head               du    → du -h
tl    → tail               dul   → du -sh *
tlf   → tail -f

Run lba to see every alias right in your terminal:

╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║               Bash Aliases                      ║
╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ ── Navigation ──                                ║
║ ..     │ cd ..                                  ║
║ ...    │ cd ../..                               ║
║ ....   │ cd ../../..                            ║
║ bk     │ cd -                                   ║
║ ── Listing ──                                   ║
║ ll     │ ls -la                                 ║
║ la     │ ls -A                                  ║
║ lt     │ ls -lAt                                ║
║ lz     │ ls -lAS                                ║
║         ...                                     ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
  37 aliases across 11 groups

Install

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rockberpro/bash-lba/main/setup.sh | bash

Then reload your shell:

source ~/.bashrc

The setup script adds a single source line to ~/.bashrc and copies two files to ~/. You can read the full source (setup.sh) before running it, or use the manual install below.

Manual install:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rockberpro/bash-lba/main/bash-lba.sh \
  -o ~/.bash-lba.sh

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rockberpro/bash-lba/main/bash-lba-help.sh \
  -o ~/.bash-lba-help.sh && chmod +x ~/.bash-lba-help.sh

echo 'source ~/.bash-lba.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Alias Reference

Alias	Command	Group
..	cd ..	Navigation
...	cd ../..	Navigation
....	cd ../../..	Navigation
bk	cd -	Navigation
ll	ls -la	Listing
la	ls -A	Listing
lt	ls -lAt	Listing
lz	ls -lAS	Listing
mk	mkdir	File Ops
mkp	mkdir -p	File Ops
rm	rm -i	File Ops
cpr	cp -r	File Ops
cl	clear	System
hi	history	System
psa	ps aux	System
psg	ps aux | grep	System
pi	ping	Network
gr	grep	Grep
gri	grep -i	Grep
grr	grep -r	Grep
fd	find . -name	File Search
fdi	find . -iname	File Search
df	df -h	Disk
du	du -h	Disk
dul	du -sh *	Disk
kl	kill	Process
kl9	kill -9	Process
ct	cat	Text
hd	head	Text
tl	tail	Text
tlf	tail -f	Text
ev	env	Environment
evg	env | grep	Environment
lba	show alias table	Help

Uninstall

# Remove the source line from .bashrc
sed -i '/source ~\/.bash-lba.sh/d' ~/.bashrc

# Remove the files
rm ~/.bash-lba.sh ~/.bash-lba-help.sh

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setup.sh · bash-lba.sh · bash-lba-help.sh