bashy

version: 0.0.92

description: bashy handles bash configuration for you

website: https://veltzer.github.io/bashy

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Bashy is bash based system to enable you control of your bash with precision and elegance. It is plugin based and allows for easy extension.

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Installing Bashy

First clone the repository into your home directory:

git clone --branch master --depth 1 https://github.com/veltzer/bashy.git ~/.bashy && rm -rf ~/.bashy/.git

Then edit ~/.bashrc and add the following line as the last line:

source ~/.bashy/bashy.sh

In my own setup this is the only line I have in my ~/.bashrc

Debugging Bashy

Just add this line before sourcing bashy:

set -o xtrace

To see all errors use:

bashy_errors

To get debug messages you can create a ~/.bashy.config and put the following content into it:

readonly BASHY_DEBUG=0

Working with Bashy

To check the status of the core of Bashy use:

bashy_status_core

To check the status of plugins of Bashy use:

bashy_status_plugins

To disable or enable a plugins or to change the order in which they are applied just edit ~/.bashy.list

# this file supports hash comments
by_host
meta
path_mine
-path_pycharm_add
pylogconf

To reread the plugins use:

bashy_load_plugins

To reinit Bashy when a new version is installed or pulled:

bashy_init

Writing Bashy plugins

Bashy plugins may never fail a command (all commands need to return 0)

Bashy plugins need to set a variable passed by reference to either 0 or 1.

Here is the most basic plugin:

function _activate_hello_plugin() {
	local -n __var=$1
	# this means everything was ok
	__var=0
}
register _activate_hello_plugin

Config files

You can activate various plgins via the ~/.bashy.config file.

Here is an example:

readonly ENCFS_ENABLED=true
readonly ENCFS_FOLDER_CLEAR="${HOME}/insync.real"
readonly ENCFS_FOLDER_ENCRYPTED="${HOME}/insync/encrypted"
readonly ENCFS_PASSWORD=XXXXXXXX
readonly PROXY_ENABLED=false

This is a bash file and so you can overwrite values by using conditionals so:

if [ "$HOSTNAME" = "ion" ]
then
	readonly PROXY_ENABLED=true
	readonly PROXY_HTTP="http://proxy.corp.com:8080"
	readonly PROXY_HTTPS="http://proxy.corp.com:8080"
	readonly PROXY_NO="localhost,.corp.com"
fi

Similar projects

• https://github.com/Bash-it/bash-it
• https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh
• https://github.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash
• https://github.com/nojhan/liquidprompt
• https://github.com/daniruiz/dotfiles
• https://github.com/Gkiokan/.pimp-my-bash
• https://github.com/brujoand/sbp

Articles

• https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/jazz-up-your-bash-terminal-a-step-by-step-guide-with-pictures-80267554cb22/
• https://medium.com/@mandymadethis/pimp-out-your-command-line-b317cf42e953
• https://www.maketecheasier.com/customise-bash-prompt-linux/
• https://www.computerworld.com/article/2833199/3-ways-to-pimp-your-bash-console.html

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