aka

A simple alias manager that lets you add, list, and apply command aliases.

Installation

Using curl (recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fdorantesm/aka/refs/heads/main/install.sh | bash

Using npx

npx aka-installer

Using yarn

yarn dlx aka-installer

Using pnpm

pnpm dlx aka-installer

Using bun

bunx aka-installer

Using deno

deno run -A npm:aka-installer

Using npmx.dev

npmx aka-installer

Usage

Help

aka [command]

Add alias

aka add ll "ls -la"

List

List all aliases:

aka list

Filter aliases with glob patterns:

aka list '*dev*'    # Aliases containing "dev"
aka list 'aws*'     # Aliases starting with "aws"
aka list '*-qa'     # Aliases ending with "-qa"

Echo alias command

Print the command for a specific alias:

aka echo ll
# Output: ls -la

Copy to clipboard:

# macOS
aka echo ll | pbcopy

# Linux
aka echo ll | xclip -selection clipboard

Update alias

Update an existing alias interactively:

aka update ll
# Current command: ls -la
# Enter new command: ls -lah --color=auto

Rename alias

Rename an existing alias:

aka rename gs gst

Remove alias

aka remove ll

Export aliases

aka export aliases.json

Import aliases

aka import aliases.json