Yrurtj

I'd like to have a file eg. f with only zsh aliases (pureness reasons). Then I'd like to include f file in my .zshrc file, so that the aliases defined in f are visible in .zshrc.

Is it possible?

If it is, I could create a script eg. my_alias ($my_alias ll 'ls -l') which appends alias to f file.
Of course I could do

$echo {alias command} >> ~/.zshrc

but this makes .zshrc one big mess.

Additionally how is it looks like in bash?

UPDATE

If someone share my idea this is solution, thanks to phunehehe:

# source aliases

ALIASFILE=~/.aliasesrc

source $ALIASFILE

function add_alias() {

    if [[ -z $1 || -z $2 || $# -gt 2 ]]; then

        echo usage:

        echo "t$$0 ll 'ls -l'"

    else

        echo "alias $1='$2'" >> $ALIASFILE

        echo "alias ADDED to $ALIASFILE"

    fi

}

.zshrc and .bashrc are script files, not config files, so you "source" the alias file. In Zsh (.zshrc) and Bash (.bashrc) alike:

. my_alias

will run my_alias and leave its effects in the same environment with the RC files, effectively giving you the aliases in the shell. Of course, your are not limited to aliases either. I use a .shrc that is sourced by both .bashrc and .zshrc for common exports, functions and aliases.

For more on sourcing see Different ways to execute a shell script.

This is, how I do it in my .zshrc:

if [ -f ~/.zsh/zshalias ]; then

    source ~/.zsh/zshalias

else

    print "404: ~/.zsh/zshalias not found."

fi

To source a file if it exists in one line:

[ -f .aliases ] && source .aliases

After installing oh-my-zsh the last lines of .zshrc are:

# Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs,

# plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh

# users are encouraged to define aliases within the ZSH_CUSTOM folder.  

# For a full list of active aliases, run `alias`.

# 

# Example aliases

# alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"

# alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"

So you have some alternatives:

• Add directly to .zshrc
  


• Create a folder and add at its path at the end of .zshrc: ZSH_CUSTOM=$HOME/Dropbox/.myzshconfig.


• Use the ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom folder and git clone git://github.com/yourusername/zsh_config.git . there.


• 
  

  With source/dot operator:

  
  
  

  # CUSTOMIZATION FOR ZSH
  
  if [ -r ~/Dropbox/.myzshrc ]; then
  
      source ~/Dropbox/.myzshrc
  
  fi
  
  

  
  
  

  -r FILE check if exists and read permission is granted.

  
  
  

  In this case you could check $SHELL to custom bash and zsh including the same file.

  
  

Reference

• oh-my-zsh - Customization