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Bash Utility Functions Library

A collection of pre-made commands reducing cognitive load on the user.

Can be useful for active rpm-ostree, podman, distrobox & adb users.

Note

Intended for source (or .).

Warning

Use this code at your own risk, it was not well-tested!

I am a solo developer with little resources so I can't guarantee smooth operation.

I am writing these scripts to be stable to the best of my abilities and knowledge.

Installation

Define installation function for current session

bash_utils_install_clone() {
	local install_root="${1:?"Installation directory is required"}"
	local git_remote="${2:?"Git remote is required"}"
	local author_name="$(echo "${git_remote}" | sed -E 's/.*[:/]([^/]+)\/.*/\1/')"
	local project_name="$(basename "${git_remote}" .git)"
	local install_dir="${install_root}/${author_name}/${project_name}"
	local install_dir_rel="\$(realpath \$(dirname \"\${BASH_SOURCE[0]}\"))/${author_name}/${project_name}"
	mkdir -p "${install_dir}"
	git clone "${git_remote}" "${install_dir}"
	# This will generate a recursive importer script that goes exactly 2 levels deep in the file tree - to author and then to repo itself
	echo -e "for func_lib in ${install_dir_rel}/*.sh; do
		source \"\${func_lib}\"
	done" >> "${install_root}/source.import.${author_name}.${project_name}.sh"
}

Tip

To keep your system de-cluttered, install scripts to a location shared between users.

Caution

Be careful with elevated privileges execution and important system files editing!

Pick scope path

User scope	For login sessions	For interactive sessions
System-wide	/etc/profile.d/	/etc/bashrc.d/
User-specific	~/.profile.d/	~/.bashrc.d/

Edit & add for f in $scope/*.sh; do source $f; done to the default sourced file (e.g. /etc/bashrc).

Install

sudo bash_utils_install_clone "${scope_path}" [email protected]:tsilvs/bash_utils.git

Plans

• Proper i18n with separate locale files
• Rewrite with any bash scripting library (e.g. aks/bash-lib?) or pre-processor (e.g. TypeShell?) for better stability, reliability and maintainability
• UI with yad
• Proper packaging with .rpm, .deb, pkgbuild, flatpak, bpkg, podman image or any other suitable packaging tool
• Programming language rewrite?
  • Interpreted (TypeScript, PureScript)?
  • Compiled (Zig, Rust, Crystal, Go, Kotlin, Haskell, Nim, F#, OCaml)?
  • any other that's well integrated with Linux ecosystem?