FAROL Useful alias

Description

Set of useful aliases to facilitate the use of FAROL stack. Also sources some bash scripts to make your life easier in terminal, please see FAROL bash scripts.

Note: You can add your own personal alias, by creating/placing a ${HOSTNAME}_alias.sh file in the following folder inside your catkin workspace:

source ${ROS_WORKSPACE}/src/medusa_addons/medusa_scripts/system_configurations/medusa_personal_alias/${HOSTNAME}_alias.sh

This part basically checks if a file with your hostname -> ${HOSTNAME}_alias.sh exists at the folder medusa_personal_alias. So if you want to add some personal alias do the following:

Imagine that your hostname is awesome

At the mentioned folder create the following file:
touch awesome_alias.sh

After this edit with your editor of choice and add as many alias as you want.

The content of the awesome_alias.sh can be something like this:

alias mvehicle1='ssh name@vehicleHostname1'  
alias mvehicle2='ssh name@vehicleHostname2'  
alias mvehicle3='ssh name@vehicleHostname3'  
alias mvehicle4='ssh name@vehicleHostname4'  
alias mvehicle5='ssh name@vehicleHostname5'  

Relevant of aliases

alias	command	purpose
kill_all_ros_nodes	sudo pkill -f ros	kill all ros nodes
rviz	rosrun rviz rviz	open rviz
tf_view_frames	cd /var/tmp && rosrun tf2_tools view_frames.py && evince frames.pdf &	view tf frames
clean_ros_logs	rosclean purge -y	clean ros logs
farol_cb	roscd; catkin build; cd $OLDPWD	build the entire catkin workspace (you need to be somewhere inside your catkin workspace)
farol_cbt	catkin build --this	build one pkg (you need to be somewhere inside your ros pkg)
farol_cb_vim	roscd; bash ${FAROL_SCRIPTS}/farol_scripts_for_bash/farol_build_vim.bash	same as farol_cb but for vim users using coc
cap	pygmentize -g	replace cat with python-pygments to cat with colors
..	cd .. && ls	going back one directory and showing files convenient alias
m	wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,maximized_vert,maximized_horz	toggle terminal from restored to maximized
poweroff	sudo shutdown -h now	shutdown pc
pcdown	sudo shutdown -P now	different way to shutdown pc
pcrestart	sudo shutdown -r now	restart pc
please_fiic	sudo $(history -p !!)' # run last command as sudo	sudo last command
S	source ${HOME}/.bashrc	source bashrc
remove_endline_spaces	sed -i 's/\s*$//'	remove automatically spaces at the end of files, needs the file as argument at the end, i.e. remove_spaces my_file.txt
clean_temp_files	find . -name "*~" -type f -exec /bin/rm -fv -- {} +	to clean temp files *.~ recursively
farol_change_inners_gains	bash ${FAROL_SCRIPTS}/farol_scripts_for_bash/change_inner_forces_gains.bash	executes a bash scripts that calls a service to change inner loops gains
farol_change_pfollowing_gains	bash ${FAROL_SCRIPTS}/farol_scripts_for_bash/change_pfollowing_gains.bash	executes a bash scripts that calls a service to change outer loops gains
farol_pkg_cpp	source ${FAROL_SCRIPTS}/farol_new_packages_scripts/farol_create_ros_pkg_cpp.sh	new package c++
farol_pkg_py	source ${FAROL_SCRIPTS}/farol_new_packages_scripts/farol_create_ros_pkg_py.sh	new package python
farol_pkg_meta	source ${FAROL_SCRIPTS}/farol_new_packages_scripts/farol_create_ros_pkg_meta.sh	new metapackage
dsor_pkg_bringup	source ${FAROL_SCRIPTS}/farol_create_bringup_scripts/farol_create_bringup_pkg.sh	new custom bringup package
dsor_add_vehicle_bringup	source ${FAROL_SCRIPTS}/farol_create_bringup_scripts/farol_add_vehicle_bringup.sh	add new vehicle to custom bringup packag
mgit_pull	git pull && git submodule update --init --recursive	pull and update submodules
mgit_status	git status && git submodule status --recursive	Get the status of the repository and the version of the submodules
mgit_push_tag	git push origin --tags	Push the local tags to the remote repository
mgit_describe	git describe	Get a general description of the repository
mgit_log	git log	Get the git log with commits

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Last update: November 4, 2022