Ensure the .bashrc exists, expand aliases after sudo and color grep in the common role aliases

common/tasks/aliases.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+- name: Ensure .bashrc exists
+  file:
+    path: "{{ ansible_facts.env.HOME }}/.bashrc"
+    state: touch
+    mode: "0644"
+
 - name: General aliases
   blockinfile:
     path: "{{ ansible_facts.env.HOME }}/.bashrc"
@@ -8,11 +14,26 @@
       alias syslog="tail -f --lines=100 /var/log/syslog"
       alias cp="rsync -hlAXEptgoDS --numeric-ids --info=progress2"
 
+      # We can tell bash to check the next word after the alias (i.e sudo) by adding a space to the end of the alias value. https://askubuntu.com/questions/22037/aliases-not-available-when-using-sudo
+      alias sudo='sudo '
+
 - name: ls aliases and colors
   blockinfile:
     path: "{{ ansible_facts.env.HOME }}/.bashrc"
     marker: "# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK | ls aliases and colors"
     block: |
+      # enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
+      if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
+          test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
+          alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+          #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
+          #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
+
+          alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+          alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
+          alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
+      fi
+
       export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
       eval "`dircolors`"
       alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS'