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A set of smooth, fzf-powered shell aliases&functions for systemctl


If you've ever found yourself repeatedly typing long systemctl commands or struggling to remember exact service names, this post is for you. A while ago I implemented a set of shell aliases an...

If you've ever found yourself repeatedly typing long systemctl commands or struggling to remember exact service names, this post is for you. So I decided to build a custom set of shell functions and aliases that supercharges systemctl and journalctl with fuzzy-finding magic for my personal usage. After fuzzy-selecting and starting a service once, I should be able to simply press the ↑ arrow and Enter to run the exact same command again, without going through the fuzzy selection process every time:

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