ZSH Alias Finder

Simple ZSH plugin that will display an alias when you use a command you have aliased previously. Helpful for remembering aliases you have defined in the past.

Written as a pure ZSH script for speed. Extremely simple (directly looks up command in zsh alias association array).

akash329d:~$ ls -aF
💡 Alias Tip: la
./  ../  .git/  zsh-alias-finder.plugin.zsh

Customization

Variable	Description	Default
ZSH_ALIAS_FINDER_PREFIX	Prefix used for aliased command display	💡 Alias Tip:
ZSH_ALIAS_FINDER_SUFFIX	Suffix used for aliased command display (is displayed before alias)	%F{green}
ZSH_ALIAS_FINDER_IGNORED	Comma delimited string of ignored aliases	''

Tip is displayed using ZSH prompt expansion, so can use any supported visual effects.

Installation

Zinit

1. Add the following to your .zshrc:

   zinit light akash329d/zsh-alias-finder

2. Start a new terminal session.

Antigen

1. Add the following to your .zshrc:

   antigen bundle akash329d/zsh-alias-finder

2. Start a new terminal session.

Oh My Zsh

1. Clone this repository into $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins (by default ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins)

   git clone https://github.com/akash329d/zsh-alias-finder ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-alias-finder

2. Add the plugin to the list of plugins for Oh My Zsh to load (inside ~/.zshrc):

   plugins=(
       # other plugins...
       zsh-alias-finder
   )

3. Start a new terminal session.

Manual (Git Clone)

1. Clone this repository somewhere on your machine. This guide will assume ~/.zsh/zsh-alias-finder.

   git clone https://github.com/akash329d/zsh-alias-finder ~/.zsh/zsh-alias-finder

2. Add the following to your .zshrc:

   source ~/.zsh/zsh-alias-finder/zsh-alias-finder.plugin.zsh

3. Start a new terminal session.