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I deem it acceptable. :frog: It’s a lot of typing, but it makes sense if you don’t want to update stuff from the AUR. Though, I haven’t yet encountered a scenario in practice where that would make a big difference, but you’ve been using an Arch-based distro for longer than I have.

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Even shorter: . .bashrc :wink:

(And yes, I missed the reboot bit in the post I’d replied to initially, that’s indeed not necessary. Reducing one’s night’s rest to less than an hour of sleep will do that…)

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That was merely an example about how aliases could be written. Nothing more. And saying yay still does yay -Syu.

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Precisely. You could type yay # followed by the complete works of Dostoevsky, and it would still do the same. :joy:

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Better Leo Tolstoy (he’s more lengthy) :joy:

War & Peace :metal:

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My .bashrc aliases (Self Explanatory)

######################################################################

#-------------------------PACMAN SHORTCUTS---------------------------

alias pilts="sudo pacman -S --needed linux linux-headers linux-lts linux-lts-headers nvidia-lts r8168-lts"
alias puds="sudo pacman -Syu && du -sh /var/cache/pacman/pkg"  # Synchronize and refresh with repositories and then upgrade packages that  
alias pudr="sudo pacman -Syyu && du -Sh /var/cache/pacman/pkg" # Force refresh repos database
alias pum="sudo reflector --verbose -c GB --age 12 --latest 20 --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
alias pip="sudo pacman -Syu && sudo pacman -S"                  # Install specific package(s) from the repositories
alias pipf="sudo pacman -U"                                     # Install specific package not from the repositories but from a file  
alias prp="sudo pacman -Rns"                                    # Remove the specified package(s) config unneeded dependencies
alias pdr="sudo pacman -Si"                                     # Display information about a given package in the repositories
alias pdl="sudo pacman -Qi"                                    # Display information about a given package in the local database
alias psr="sudo pacman -Ss"                                     # Search for package(s) in the repositories
alias psl="sudo pacman -Qs"                                     # Search for package(s) in the local database

#-------------------AUR SHORTCUTS---------------------------------
# ($YAY PACKAGE_NAME) -- WILL LIST ALL PACKAGES NAMES BY NUMBER TO INSTALL

alias ylnu="yay -Pu"                                            # Print list of packages that need to be updated
alias yuds="yay -Syu"                                           # Update pacman and AUR system
alias yudr="yay -Syyu"                                          # Update pacman and AUR repos
alias yip="yay -Syu && yay -S"                                  # Inatall package from repos
alias yrp="yay -Rns"                                            # Remove  package from AUR
alias ydrp="yay -Si"                                            # Display info about repos package
alias ydlp="yay -Qi"                                            # Display info on loacal package
alias ysr="yay -Ss"                                             # Search for packages in repos
alias ysl="yay -Qs"                                             # Search local packages

#-------------------SYSTEM MAINT. COMMANDS-------------------------

alias pcfo="pacman -Qtdq"                                       # Check for system orpans
alias plfp="sudo pacman -Qmq"                                   # List all foreign (AUR)O packages on system
alias pcln="sudo pacman -Sc"                                    # Removes unused packages and repoalias
alias ycln="yay -Sc"                                            # Remove unused packages from cache
alias yud="yay -Yc"                                             # Remove yay unused dependencies
alias pcash="paccache -rvk3"                                    # Remove old cache files older than 3
alias pro="sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)"                    # Remove orphans
alias dsc="du -sh /home/stockdale/.cache/"                      # Display home dir cache size
alias rsc="rm -rf /home/stockdale/.cache/*"                     # Remove home dir cache contents
alias vlf="du -sh //var/log/journal/"                           # Display /var/log size
alias clnvl="sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=2weeks"              # Remove all logs older than a two weeks

# '[r]emove [o]rphans' - recursively remove ALL orphaned packages
#alias pro="sudo pacman -Qtdq > /dev/null && sudo pacman -Rns \$(pacman -Qtdq | sed -e ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ /g')"
###################################################################
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Slightly off-topic, but I really do like Dostoevsky, I can’t recommend his works enough, fun to read and makes you think. Tolstoy, not so much…

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This reads like “Pils” → I need a goood Linux beer :beers:

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Damn it, now I’m thirsty. Proost!

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You can override aliases:

\yay <pkgname>

Just add a “\”

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Assuming you’re ‘in’ ~ directory, of course! As for the sleep - you might have been better to have skipped it! One hour doesn’t help much - better 20 minutes, or nothing… (then catch up later)

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If it weren’t for the terminal, I’'d be stuck in Arch Hell.
It was what freed me.

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Why would you do that?

Make a script:

#!/bin/bash

commands () {
    yay
    $SHELL # keep the terminal open after the previous commands are executed
}

export -f commands

konsole -e "bash -c 'commands'"

Then bind it to a mouse gesture bound to ‘/yay.sh’
Then just draw a ‘U’ on the screen with your mouse. No keystrokes :wink:

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alias clean='paccache -rvuk0 && sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=2weeks'