shellbuddy

command module
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Published: Aug 7, 2019 License: GPL-2.0 Imports: 15 Imported by: 0

README

shellbuddy is a buttler for shell handling. It will track all used cwds and commands from history and will put it into a sqlite database with time and prio and provide them to the user via an interactive prompt.

Installation

Dependencies

Building

go build -o shellbuddy *.go

Afterwards you need to copy the binary to a destination that is in your path. A.E.:

sudo cp shellbuddy /usr/bin/

Usage

Preparation

For the first run you need to init the configuration files:

shellbuddy -init

This will create a folder unter ~/.shellbuddy with a configuration file. Edit this file to your needs according the comments.

For the shells you've to include the command to your prompt to update it on a frequent basis. The easiest way is to source the predefined functions and prompt variables from the included files.

bash

Add the following line to the end of your .bashrc (with the full path to the file):

. "shells/bash_include.sh"

zsh

Add the following line to the end of your .bashrc (with the full path to the file):

. "shells/zsh_include.sh"

Parameters

Usage of shellbuddy:
  -add
        Adding / Updating entries in the database
  -config string
        Configuration file to use. Defaults to ~/.shellbuddy/config (default "/home/mfulz/.shellbuddy/config")
  -entries string
        Select type of entries. Can be provided as comma seperated list ("dirs,commands"). If omitted all entries will be used
  -history string
        Specify the path to the shell's history file. Normally this will be detected automatically.
  -init
        Initialize configuration
  -search string
        Select entries by search string
  -shell string
        Specify the desired shell ("bash" or "zsh"). Normally this will be detected automatically.
  -stdin
        Write directly to the shell's input buffer via ioctl
  -stdinpre string
        Add this text to the input buffer before the output

shellbuddy in action

shellbuddy in action

Documentation

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