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systemd-shortcuts

Tired of typing

sys<TAB><TAB><TAB>
systemc<TAB>

to do call systemctl?

Don't like typing

systemd-cgl<TAB>

to get list cgroups processes?

You are on the right place.

dnf copr enable lzap/systemd-shortcuts
yum -y install systemd-shortcuts
source /usr/share/bash-completion/sysd
sysd s status sshd

Other distributions:

make install
source /usr/local/share/bash-completion/sysd

Download Fedora and RHEL builds at:

https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/lzap/systemd-shortcuts/

Source code, issues, patches at:

https://github.com/lzap/systemd-shortcuts

NAME

systemd-shortcuts - shortcuts for systemd with aliases and completion

SYNOPSIS

sysd
sysd s
sysd j
sysd h
sysd n
sysd systemctl
sysd bootctl
sysd hostnamectl
sysd journalctl
sysd localectl
sysd loginctl
sysd machinectl
sysd timedatectl
sysd analyze
sysd ask-password
sysd cat
sysd cgls
sysd cgtop
sysd coredumpctl
sysd delta
sysd detect-virt
sysd inhibit
sysd machine-id-setup
sysd notify
sysd nspawn
sysd run
sysd stdio-bridge
sysd tmpfiles
sysd tty-ask-password-agent
sysd help

DESCRIPTION

This package provides sysd wrapper (think an alias) that calls what is provided as second option. There are several one-letter shortcuts available (see bellow) and shell completion.

Some commands are equal:

sysd systemctl = sysd s
sysd journalctl = sysd j
sysd hostnamectl = sysd h
sysd systemd-nspawn = sysd n
sysd cgls = sysd lscg
sysd cgtop = sysd topcg

ONE LETTER SHORTCUTS

The key concept of systemd-shortcuts are, you guessed it, one letter shortcuts. They are carefully selected and they will not change in future. It is obvious that the one-letter space is small and it should not be blindly polluted.

The following table shows all one letter shortcuts:

sysd shortcut systemd binary
sysd s systemctl
sysd j journalctl
sysd h hostnamectl
sysd n systemd-nspawn

TYPO SYMLINKS

The following symlinks are installed in case you miss the space. They work as expected:

sysds
syds

COMPLETE MAPPING

sysd command systemd binary
sysd systemctl systemctl
sysd bootctl bootctl
sysd hostnamectl hostnamectl
sysd journalctl journalctl
sysd localectl localectl
sysd loginctl loginctl
sysd machinectl machinectl
sysd timedatectl timedatectl
sysd analyze systemd-analyze
sysd ask-password systemd-ask-password
sysd cat systemd-cat
sysd cgls systemd-cgls
sysd cgtop systemd-cgtop
sysd coredumpctl systemd-coredumpctl
sysd delta systemd-delta
sysd detect-virt systemd-detect-virt
sysd inhibit systemd-inhibit
sysd machine-id-setup systemd-machine-id-setup
sysd notify systemd-notify
sysd nspawn systemd-nspawn
sysd run systemd-run
sysd stdio-bridge systemd-stdio-bridge
sysd tmpfiles systemd-tmpfiles
sysd tty-ask-password-agent systemd-tty-ask-password-agent

As you can see the mapping is pretty straightforward, in addition to the one-to-one mapping the following aliases are available:

sysd command systemd binary
sysd help shows manual page
sysd lscg systemd-cgls
sysd topcg systemd-cgtop

LEGACY SYSTEMS SUPPORT

When you need to switch between systemd-based and legacy (sysv init) systems, you probably appreciate that systemd-shortcuts works on these two. Some commands are mapped to their counterparts:

sysd command legacy command
sysd systemctl /sbin/service

SHELL COMPLETION

This command comes with bash completion. It loads systemd shell completion when possible, so this works:

sysd jo<TAB>
sysd journalctl
sysd journalctl SY<TAB>
sysd journalctl SYSLOG_<TAB>
SYSLOG_FACILITY=    SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=  SYSLOG_PID

There is no zsh completion support yet.

OPTIONS

Please refer to the systemd man pages and documentation to find out more.

MOTIVATION

My motivation to select sysd as the preferred default alias was simple. I wanted something that one can type with only left hand, because most people are right-handed and some of them use mouse. Second, I wanted a binary/alias that is not present on Fedora-based and Debian-based systems. Also it should be as short as possible while clear to understand for those who see this on a screencast or something. Also people tend to create short aliases like g, gs or gg and I did not want the alias to collide so the shortest possible alias was four or three characters.

In addition to the default sysd, systemd-shortcuts installs a symlink called syd which is even shorter, but perhaps harder to understand for newcomers or less appropriate. I think the letter saved is not worth it, but let's see how people like it.

TODO LIST

* "sysd" without any command to have systemctl meaning
* syd "shorter" shortcut is not yet implemented
* typo symlinks are not yet done too

SEE ALSO

systemd-shortcuts(8), sysd(8), syd(8)

systemctl(1), bootctl(1), hostnamectl(1), journalctl(1), localectl(1), loginctl(1), machinectl(1), timedatectl(1), systemd-analyze(1), systemd-ask-password(1), systemd-cat(1), systemd-cgls(1), systemd-cgtop(1), systemd-coredumpctl(1), systemd-delta(1), systemd-detect-virt(1), systemd-inhibit(1), systemd-machine-id-setup(1), systemd-notify(1), systemd-nspawn(1), systemd-run(1), systemd-stdio-bridge(1), systemd-tmpfiles(1), systemd-tty-ask-password-agent(1), systemd-cgls(1), systemd-cgtop(1)

AUTHORS

* Lukas Zapletal <[email protected]>

CONTRIBUTING

Source code, issues, patches:

https://github.com/lzap/systemd-shortcuts

Fedora and Red Hat builds:

https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/lzap/systemd-shortcuts/