Alias Manager

A lightweight CLI tool to manage your shell aliases

Quick Start

# Install
brew install kazetachinuu/alias-manager/alias-manager  # macOS/Linux
yay -S alias-manager                                    # Arch Linux

# Setup
am init
source ~/.bashrc  # or ~/.zshrc

# Use
am add gc "git commit -m"
eval "$(am reload)"
gc "my first commit"

Installation

Homebrew (macOS / Linux)

brew install kazetachinuu/alias-manager/alias-manager

Arch Linux

yay -S alias-manager

Debian / Ubuntu

wget https://github.com/kazetachinuu/alias_manager/releases/latest/download/alias-manager_2.3.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i alias-manager_2.3.1_amd64.deb

Other Linux

wget https://github.com/kazetachinuu/alias_manager/releases/latest/download/alias-manager-2.3.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzf alias-manager-2.3.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo install -m 755 am /usr/local/bin/am

From Source

git clone https://github.com/kazetachinuu/alias_manager.git
cd alias_manager
make && sudo make install

Commands

Command	Description
am init	Setup shell integration
am add <name> <cmd>	Add or update an alias
am rm <name> [-f]	Remove an alias
am ls [pattern]	List aliases (optionally filter)
am reload	Output reload command: eval "$(am reload)"
am path	Show alias file location

Tip: Create a reload shortcut: am add amr 'eval "$(am reload)"'

Examples

# Git
am add gs "git status"
am add gc "git commit -m"
am add gp "git push"

# System
am add update "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y"
am add myip "curl -s ifconfig.me"

# Navigation
am add projects "cd ~/projects"

Configuration

Aliases are stored at ~/.config/am/aliases.txt (XDG-compliant).

Override with:

export AM_ALIAS_FILE="$HOME/my-aliases.txt"

License

MIT