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
systemd-shortcuts - shortcuts for systemd with aliases and completion
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
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
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 |
The following symlinks are installed in case you miss the space. They work as expected:
sysds
syds
| 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 |
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 |
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.
Please refer to the systemd man pages and documentation to find out more.
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.
* "sysd" without any command to have systemctl meaning
* syd "shorter" shortcut is not yet implemented
* typo symlinks are not yet done too
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)
* Lukas Zapletal <lzap+public@redhat.com>
Source code, issues, patches:
https://github.com/lzap/systemd-shortcuts
Fedora and Red Hat builds:
https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/lzap/systemd-shortcuts/