al

A simple CLI tool for managing shell aliases, written in OCaml.

Features

• Create, list, and delete shell aliases
• Aliases are automatically available after adding or deleting (no manual sourcing)
• Aliases persist across shell sessions
• Works with both bash and zsh

Requirements

• OCaml with opam
• dune build system
• yojson library (opam install yojson)

Installation

./install.sh

The installer will:

1. Build the project
2. Install the binary to ~/.local/bin/
3. Ask to add shell integration to your .zshrc or .bashrc

After installation, restart your shell or run:

source ~/.zshrc  # or ~/.bashrc

Usage

# Add an alias
al add ll 'ls -la'
al add gs 'git status'
al add gp 'git push'

# List all aliases
al list

# Delete an alias
al delete ll

# Show help
al help

How it works

• Aliases are stored in ~/.config/alias-manager/aliases.json
• A shell script is generated at ~/.config/alias-manager/aliases.sh
• The al shell function wraps the binary and auto-sources aliases after changes

License

MIT