Overview

Welcome to the shell scripts repository, a collection of powerful and easy-to-use scripts designed to automate various tasks and make a developer's life easier! Whether you're looking to streamline your workflow, manage your environment, or perform repetitive tasks effortlessly, shell scripts has got you covered.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Contributing
• Contact

Features

• Ease of Use: Simple and intuitive scripts with clear instructions.
• Productivity Boost: Automate repetitive tasks to save time and reduce errors.
• Versatile: Suitable for various development environments and use cases.
• Open Source: Contribute, customize, and enhance the scripts to fit your needs.

Prerequisites

• Bash: Most of the scripts are Bash scripts, so you will need to have a Bash interpreter installed on your local.
• Permissions: Ensure you have the necessary permissions to execute shell scripts. Or, you could run a chmod command to update permissions.

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   $ git clone https://github.com/durutheguru/shell_scripts.git
   

2. Next cd into the shell_scripts directory on your terminal and then run make. This should install the install_script.sh file that allows you to install other shell scripts.
3. You might want to look at the install_script.sh file found in the misc folder. The script installs other shell scripts by copying them to the /usr/local/bin folder and adding an alias to the bash_profile with the script name.

   file=$1
   
   chmod +rwx $file
   
   cp $file /usr/local/bin
   
   file_name=${file%%.*}
   
   if grep -q "$file" "$bash_profile_path"; then
     echo "Updated Installation..."
   else
     echo "alias $file_name='bash /usr/local/bin/$file'" >> ~/.bash_profile
     echo "Installation successful..."
   fi
   

4. To install a script, simply invoke: $ install_script <<script file name>>
5. The install_script automatically refreshes the terminal, but in some cases, you may need to do a manual reload.
6. After successful installation, you should be able to invoke the script from your terminal by the file name.

Usage

Here's an example that installs find_file.sh located in the misc folder. find_file is a shell script that searches a directory for a file name.

$ install_script find_file.sh
$ find_file <<directory>> <<file_name>>  ## can be called from any path, context or terminal on the local machine

Contributing

Read the CONTRIBUTING.md file

Contact

Feel free to raise issues if you find bugs in the script. I'll do my best to address them. You can also reach me here: durutheguru@gmail.com