Aliases

In ~/.bashrc on Linux or .bash_profile on Mac:

# Longer history with timestamps
shopt -s histappend
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace
export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S '
export HISTSIZE=100000
export HISTFILESIZE=100000

# Custom prompt string
PS1='`
  if [ $? -eq 0 ];
    then echo -n "\[\e[00;30m\]\u\[\e[01;32m\]@\[\e[00;30m\]\h \[\e[01;32m\][\[\e[00;30m\]\D{%F %T}\[\e[01;32m\]] (\[\e[00;30m\]\W\[\e[01;32m\])\$";
    else echo -n "\[\e[00;30m\]\u\[\e[01;31m\]@\[\e[00;30m\]\h \[\e[01;31m\][\[\e[00;30m\]\D{%F %T}\[\e[01;31m\]] (\[\e[00;30m\]\W\[\e[01;31m\])\$";
  fi`\[\033[0m\]'

# User specific aliases and functions
source ~/.my-aliases.sh
source ~/.other-aliases.sh

# Always start a screen session
if [ -z "$STY" ]; then screen -R; fi

In ~/.my-aliases.sh

#!/bin/bash

adusername="james.bensley.domain"
logDir="$HOME/.ssh/logs"
mkdir -p $logDir

ssh () {
  /usr/bin/ssh $@ 2>&1 | tee $logDir/`date +"%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S-%N"`-$1.txt
  # On Mac, gdate comes from "brew install coreutils"
  # /usr/bin/ssh $@ 2>&1 | tee $logDir/`gdate +"%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S-%N"`-$1.txt
}

telnet () {
  /usr/bin/telnet $@ 2>&1 | tee $logDir/`date +"%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S-%N"`-$1.txt
}

change () {
    if [[ -n $1 ]]
    then
        eval $1 | tee -a ./$1.txt
    fi
}

#
# Some Devices
#
alias lab-2801-1='telnet 10.116.26.20' # Cisco 2801 LAB RACK 2
alias lab-2801-2='telnet 10.116.26.21' # Cisco 2801 LAB RACK 4
alias lab-2960-rack1-30net='telnet 10.116.26.10' # Cisco 2960 ToR switch Rack 1 - 30 Network
alias lab-2960-rack1='ssh $adusername@10.116.26.11' # Cisco 2960 ToR switch Rack 1
alias lab-2960-rack2='ssh $adusername@10.116.26.12' # Cisco 2960 ToR switch Rack 2
alias lab-2960-rack3='ssh $adusername@10.116.26.13' # Cisco 2960 ToR switch Rack 3
alias lab-2960-rack4='ssh $adusername@10.116.26.14' # Cisco 2960 ToR switch Rack 4
alias lab-2960-rack5='ssh $adusername@10.116.26.15' # Cisco 2960 ToR switch Rack 5
alias lab-2960-rack6='ssh $adusername@10.116.26.16' # Cisco 2960 ToR switch Rack 6

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