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Add CLI shortcuts for translate and write commands #12
Description
Problem
When using the CLI repeatedly, having to type out translate every time becomes tedious. Since translation and writing are the most common actions, it would be helpful to have shorter command aliases to speed things up and make the CLI more ergonomic.
Solution
Add short aliases for the most frequently used commands:
tas a shortcut fortranslatewas a shortcut forwrite
Example usage:
deepl t 'Hello World'
deepl w 'Hello World'
Activity
feat(cli): add t and w aliases for translate and write (#110)
sjsyrek commentedon Jul 29, 2026
Hi @komape first off, apologies for how long this sat open. It was filed back in February and deserved a quicker answer; thank you for the suggestion and for your patience.
Good news: this is now implemented (#110).
deepl tanddeepl ware aliases fortranslateandwrite, exactly as you proposed. They show up in--helpand in the bash/zsh/fish shell completions. This ships in v2.0.0, the first public npm release (@deepl/cli), which is imminent.Thanks again for the request!