Generic bash utility scripts
This project is a collection of useful scripts, tools, aliases, and settings
that I made to simplify my bashrc. The main script main.sh has most of the
settings and it runs other scripts from the src folder.
The project has two main features besides settings and aliases.
- PATH variable handling based on a file
- Location bookmarks
Installation is simple. Clone the repo and source the top level script main.sh
from bashrc.
source /path/to/bashtopia/main.sh
Once installed, the script will update the prompt (PS1) to something like:
[ID] hh:mm:ss | user@system | /current/location/
==>
The [ID] here is a unique ID given to every active shell based on its tty-ID.
Use of this will be explained later when discussing numeric bookmarks.
This feature is handled by src/add_paths_from_file.sh.
Add locations to the file ~/.paths.txt to add them to PATH.
Each line should be a path to a directory. Here is an example:
~/.local/bin
/usr/sbin
This feature is handled by src/bookmark_utils.sh. It provides the following
commands.
| Command | Alias | Example | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| bookmark_add | gg | gg name |
Add CWD to bookmarks with the given name |
| bookmark_cd | hh | hh name |
CD to bookmark with the given name |
| bookmark_search | pp | pp pattern |
Search for bookmarks with pattern |
The aliases are defined in main.sh. It may be wise to rename them to something
you like.
Numeric bookmarks are automatically added for every shell based on their
shell-ID. Therefore it is possible to jump to the location of a shell from
another using hh. For example, to jump to the location of shell with ID 3 from
another shell, we can use hh 3.
Copyright 2023- Vinay Krishnan
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