Alias Manager (am)

A lightweight CLI tool to manage your shell aliases efficiently

🚀 Features

• ✨ Create and update aliases with a simple command
• 🗑️ Remove aliases safely (with confirmation)
• 📋 List all your aliases
• 🔍 Search aliases by pattern
• 💪 Works with any POSIX-compliant shell (bash, zsh, fish)

📦 Installation

From Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/kazetachinuu/alias_manager.git

# Navigate to the directory
cd alias_manager

# Build and install
make
sudo make install

# Add to your shell configuration
echo '[[ -f ~/.my_aliases.txt ]] && source ~/.my_aliases.txt' >> ~/.bashrc  # For bash
# OR
echo '[[ -f ~/.my_aliases.txt ]] && source ~/.my_aliases.txt' >> ~/.zshrc   # For zsh

Package Managers

Coming soon...

🎯 Quick Start

# Create a new alias
am add gl git log --oneline --graph

# List all aliases
am ls

# Search for git-related aliases
am ls git

# Remove an alias (with confirmation)
am rm gl

# Remove an alias (force)
am rm gl -f

# Show help
am help

📖 Command Reference

Command	Description	Example
add <name> <command...>	Create or update an alias	am add gc git commit -m
rm <name> [-f]	Remove an alias	am rm gc
ls [pattern]	List all aliases or filter by pattern	am ls git
help	Show help message	am help
version	Show version	am version

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

📝 TODO

• Add package manager support (apt, brew, etc.)
• Add alias backup/restore functionality
• Add shell completion scripts
• Support for alias categories/groups