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+#!/bin/bash
+# this will allow aliasing any command after sudo
+alias sudo='sudo '
+
+alias l='ls --color=auto -F'
+alias ls='ls --color=auto -F'
+alias ll='ls -lh --color=auto -F'
+alias la='ls -lha --color=auto -F'
+
+#alias grep='grep --color=tty -d skip'
+
+alias cp='cp -i' # confirm before overwriting something
+alias df='df -h' # human-readable sizes
+alias free='free -m' # show sizes in MB
+
+alias vi='vim'
+alias svi='sudo vim'
+#alias vp='vim PKGBUILD' # I have a script for that in ~/bin
+alias vs='vim SPLITBUILD'
+
+# colours, I want more colours
+alias diff='colordiff'
+
+# colours and case insensitive search
+export LESS='-Ri'
+
+#systemd aliases
+alias sctl='systemctl'
+#complete -F _systemctl sctl doesn't work with new bash-completion
+
+# suspend screensaver when vlc is running
+alias vlc-suspend='xdg-screensaver suspend $(xprop -name vlc | grep "WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW)" | sed "s/.*\(0x\d*\)/\1/")'
+
+# packaging
+alias :cp='rm -rf pkg src dbg hdr log logpipe* *.log.* *.log *.pkg.*'
+
+# Pacman alias examples
+alias pacupg='sudo pacman -Syu'
+alias pacin='sudo pacman -S'
+alias pacu='sudo pacman -U'
+alias pacre='sudo pacman -R'
+alias pacrem='sudo pacman -Rns'
+alias pacrep='pacman -Si'
+alias pacreps='pacman -Ss'
+alias pacloc='pacman -Qi'
+alias paclocs='pacman -Qs'