A while ago I made a tiny function in my ~/.zshrc to download a video from the link in my clipboard. I use this nearly every day to share videos with people without forcing them to watch it on whatever site I found it. What’s a script/alias that you use a lot?

# Download clipboard to tmp with yt-dlp
tmpv() {
  cd /tmp/ && yt-dlp "$(wl-paste)"
}
  • Kawawete@reddeet.com
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    1 day ago

    So, as a beginner, you would know how to make an alias but not the most famous Linux joke ever ? Explain your mental gymnastics.

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      1 day ago

      You don’t need to understand a command in order to copy paste an alias or Bash function. Especially newcomers could tend to do it, without knowing what the command actually does. We are also in a posting with helpful commands, so its double harmful. And you doubling down without adding any sort of disclaimer shows you don’t care.