Runnit – Make Terminal Shortcuts

I hate having to write this, but this is what happens when you don't understand your shell(s) properly:

* Bash: https://mijingo.com/blog/creating-bash-aliases (TLDP documentation was pretty bad)

* Powershell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft...

> runn cu "curl https://raw.blah/master/bin/runn.js" ; run cu

-- vs --

> alias cu="nodejs <(curl -s https://raw.blah/master/bin/runn.js)" ; cu

I dunno man... aha.

I clicked on the GitHub repo in the hopes that it was going to acknowledge that shells have aliases built-in but that this is somehow different. I’m afriad to say that appears not to be the case. Worst of all, you can’t even use your shell’s builtins with these “aliases”. For example anyone who uses this and makes an alias with `echo` or `time` in it is going to be pretty confused.

EDIT: I hope the OP / author isn’t too put off by the criticism. Props to you for writing something and sharing it, and keep coding! But also take some time to reflect on what you’re building and the context of its use. Cheers!

What's wrong with shell aliases? windows users?

The extent of the info on that page is:

  Run it!
    $ runn cu
  Boom!

Hard pass.

when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail.

... so alias