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Keeps a persistent list of alias command for the shell in either YAML or JSON format.

Requires Python 3, docopt and pyyaml: % python -m ensurepip --upgrade % pip3 install docopt yaml

To add an alias (to the default database in ~/.config/aliases.yaml):

% ./aliasdb.py -a lst "ls -lhr --sort size"

To print out all aliases as a sh script:

% ./aliasdb.py -s
alias lss="ls -lhr --sort size"
alias lst="ls -lhr --sort time"

Remove an alias with:

% ./aliasdb.py -r lst

Specify a json file:

% ./aliasdb.py --json=aliases.json -a lst "ls -lhr --sort size"

To write out a shell script with aliases loaded from a YAML file to a specified file:

% ./aliasdb.py --yaml=aliases.yaml -s --output=aliases.sh

For help:

% ./aliasdb.py --help

Run test suite:

% python -m unittest