4. ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations expand when you press Space or Enter. They are terminal-aware: some expand differently in Kitty vs WezTerm vs other terminals.

4.1 Editors

n / nv / neovim    nvim
e                  edit
se                 sudoedit
k                  kate
editt              Open new tab with nvim (terminal-aware)
cdnv               cd ~/.config/nvim
cdnvn              cd ~/.config/nvim; nvim

4.2 Navigation and Listing

l                  ls
lS                 lss       (sort by size)
lsR                lsr       (sort by time, oldest first)
lX                 lx        (sort by extension)
lT                 lt        (tree, depth 2)
lsT                lstree    (full recursive tree)
lzd                ld        (lazydocker)
cdi                zi        (interactive zoxide picker)

4.3 Git

g                  git
lg                 lazygit
gitig / git-ignore gi        (generate .gitignore)

4.4 Terminal Windows, Tabs, and Panes

These abbreviations control the terminal emulator. Each has a Kitty variant and a WezTerm variant; the correct one is inserted based on $TERM or $TERM_PROGRAM.

:w          New OS window
:wv         Split pane horizontally (new pane below)
:wh         Split pane vertically (new pane to the right)
:wo         Detach current window to its own OS window
:wot        Move current pane to a new tab
:t          New tab
:tl         Set tab title
:tw         Set window title
:twk        Rename workspace (WezTerm only)
:tp         Focus previous tab
:tn         Focus next tab
:q          Close current pane/window
:Q          Close current tab
:sw         spwin (spawn new OS window)

Quick-navigate shortcuts open windows/tabs/panes with preset working dirs:

:tgk    New tab at ~/.config/kitty
:tgn    New tab at ~/.config/nvim
:tgf    New tab at ~/.config/fish
:tgh    New tab at ~
:tgcz   New tab at chezmoi source dir
:tgcm   New tab at chezmoi source dir
:tgp    New tab at ~/projects
:tgr    New tab at / (root)

Prefixes :wg* and :wvg* / :whg* open OS windows or splits to the same set of dirs, respectively.

Prefixes :cd* open tabs with a quick cd shortcut:

:cdn    cd ~/.config/nvim
:cdf    cd ~/.config/fish
:cdh    cd ~
:cdcz   cd to chezmoi source
:cdp    cd ~/projects

Appending n to any :cd* abbreviation also runs nvim after changing dir.

4.5 Chezmoi

cm / cme / cmi / cmap / cmad / cmrm / cmcd /
cz / cze / czi / czap / czad / czrm / czcd

cm / cz          chezmoi
cmcd / czcd      chezmoi cd
cme / cze        chezmoi edit
cmad / czad      chezmoi add
cmap / czap      chezmoi apply
cmrm / cmf / czrm / czf    chezmoi forget
cmi / czi        chezmoi init

4.6 Docker

dcl         docker context use default
dcls        docker context ls
lzd         ld (lazydocker)

4.7 Systemctl

sc          systemctl
ssc         sudo systemctl
scu         systemctl --user
st          systemctl status
scs         sudo systemctl start
scr         sudo systemctl restart
ssct        sudo systemctl start
sscs        sudo systemctl stop
sscr        sudo systemctl restart

4.8 AI Assistants

ag          agy
ag.         agy .
v           antigravity-ide
s           wezterm ssh (WezTerm only)

4.9 History Expansion

These are implemented as keybinding helpers, but can also be typed:

!^          Expand to first argument of previous command
!*          Expand to all arguments of previous command
typo_sub    Interactive typo substitution (Ctrl+F)
bang_string !string expansion
bang_search !?string search
bang_minus_n  !-n  (nth-previous command)

4.10 Miscellaneous

/exit       exit
:q          Close pane (alias for terminal close)
:Q          Close tab
sudu        sudo -s
kt          kitty (Kitty only)
c           cat
speedtest-fast  fast-cli
bl          bd list
bs          bd sync
bC          bd create --title
bsh         bd show
lb          lazybeads

4.11 Shell Aliases

These aliases are defined in conf.d/tricks.fish via alias (which creates Fish functions). They are active in all interactive sessions.

Navigation

..      cd ..
...     cd ../..
....    cd ../../..
.....   cd ../../../..
......  cd ../../../../..

Color Overrides

Force color output for common tools:

grep    grep --color=auto
fgrep   fgrep --color=auto
egrep   egrep --color=auto
dir     dir --color=auto
vdir    vdir --color=auto

Safety Wrappers

Add -i (interactive confirmation) to destructive commands:

cp      cp -i
mv      mv -i

Archives and Networking

tarnow  tar -acf              Create compressed archive (auto-detects format)
untar   tar -zxvf             Extract a gzip-compressed archive
wget    wget -c               Resume interrupted downloads by default
tb      nc termbin.com 9999   Pipe content to termbin.com for quick sharing

System Logs

jctl    journalctl -p 3 -xb   Show priority-3 (error) journal entries
                                from the current boot