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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#  vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et
+#
+#  Author: Hari Sekhon
+#  Date: 2019-07-28 14:56:41 +0100 (Sun, 28 Jul 2019)
+#
+#  https://github.com/harisekhon/bash-tools
+#
+#  License: see accompanying Hari Sekhon LICENSE file
+#
+#  If you're using my code you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and optionally send me feedback to help steer this or other code I publish
+#
+#  https://www.linkedin.com/in/harisekhon
+#
+
+# ============================================================================ #
+#                              K u b e r n e t e s
+# ============================================================================ #
+
+k(){
+    kubectl_opts=""
+    if [ "${K8S_NAMESPACE:-}" ]; then
+        kubectl_opts="-n $K8S_NAMESPACE"
+    fi
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    kubectl $opts "$@"
+}
+
+get_pod(){
+    local filter="${1:-.*}"
+    k get pods | grep "$filter" | head -n1
+}
+
+watchpods(){
+    watch "
+        echo
+        kubectl config current-context
+        echo
+        kubectl $kubectl_opts get pods
+        echo
+    "
+}
+
+kdesc(){
+    k describe "$@"
+}
+
+kdp(){
+    kdesc pods "$@"
+}
+
+kdelp(){
+    k delete pod "$@"
+}
+
+# this is one of the most used things out there, even more than ping
+alias p="k get po"
+alias wp=watchpods
+
+alias contexts="k config get-contexts"
+alias context="k config current-context"
+
+alias kcd="kubectl config set-context $(kubectl config current-context) --namespace"
+
+alias menv='eval $(minikube docker-env)'