Aka — resolve macOS aliases on the Terminal

Quick 'n' dirty resolution of aliases for the macOS command line.

Usage: aka <alias>

Example (bash, zsh, sh, csh, tcsh shells):

$ cd some-alias
cd: 'some-alias' is not a directory
$ file some-alias
some-alias: MacOS Alias file
$ aka some-alias
/Users/eaganj/path/to/some-alias/target
$ cd `aka some-alias`

# now in /path/to/some-alias/target:
$

Example (fish shell):

$ cd some-alias
cd: 'some-alias' is not a directory
$ file some-alias
some-alias: MacOS Alias file
$ aka some-alias
/Users/eaganj/path/to/some-alias/target
$ cd (aka some-alias)

# now in /path/to/some-alias/target:
$

Install

1. Clone this repository
2. Add aka to your path. For example, if ~/bin is in your path:
   • cd ~/bin && ln -s /path/to/aka.swift aka
   • -or-
   • mv aka.swift ~/bin/aka
3. Make sure aka is executable: chmod +x /path/to/aka