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POSIX compliant shell scripts.
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POSIX compliant shell scripts.

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# Shell scripts



These shell scripts are written to be as POSIX compliant as possible, and as such, POSIX dependencies are assumed to

exist on the system. Otherwise, each script checks by itself if its dependencies are accessible and informs the user if

they are not.



The help and error messages are colourised with ANSI codes (SRG), and if a program requires to be run as root it will be

informed to the user. Configuration is handled through environment variables and somethimes config files.



## dmenu-scripts



This was previously a repo with only dmenu scripts, but will now hold all my shell scripts. My standards have gone up,

so I'm gradually rewriting them. The goal is to have a choice of frontends, like is the case with `quickedit`, which is

a rewrite of `dedit`.



## Short descriptions of the scripts



Learn more about them by reading their `HelpMessage` variable.



### newsh



Creates an executable script linked to local bin from a template with lots of useful features and opens it with your

EDITOR. This template is used to set a standard of how my scripts should look and behave.



### trackconf



Great way to manage a dotfiles repository. Makes use of `ranger`'s file selection feature to add config files to the

dotfiles repository, symlinking them back to where they belonged. Also allows for deploying configs by essentially

doing the opposite and symlinking the selected configs from inside the dotfiles repo to where they would belong,

creating any missing directories.



### rbackup



A fairly great backup solution that allows one to configure multiple `rsync` transfers that run in series. Has support

for dated versioning and an exclusions file for each backup. Also handles remote servers by checking connectivity before

syncing. If unavailable, it's skipped and the next backup starts. Same for errors with the configuration. Additionally,

supports logging the output of the script.



### linkto



Easy way to symlink selected files with `ranger` into the specified directory. Mainly used to link scripts into local

bin.



### quickedit



Quickly find and open files to edit. By default uses `fzf` for displaying found files, but can alternatively use

`dmenu`.



### saveinstalled



Save lists of explicitly installed official and AUR pacman packages. Can also save a custom list based on the

directories inside the specified directory. Useful for packages that have been installed from source.



### lndirex



Symlink all the executable files inside one directory into another one, replacing any existing links. Precursor to

`linkto`, but still somewhat useful.



### upmir



Update pacman's mirrorlist, ranked by speed. Must be run as root.



### rex



Show colourised rustc error message explanation in a pager.



### ex



General extraction helper.



### fixwinperms



Windows is crap and so is the way permissions get set when transferring from it. This script fixes permissions

recursively on files and directories by setting them to 644 and 775 respectively. This is important because you

shouldn't have files with 777 permissions all over the place.



CAUTION: careful where you run it, since you could screw your system up royally. Not unfixable, but really troublesome.



### checkvdur



Check total duration of all videos of the same extension inside the current directory.



### genrepass



This is the original shell script that [genrepass-cli](https://github.com/AlexChaplinBraz/genrepass-cli) is based on.

My first big script, as it were.



## Donate



Please consider supporting me through [donate.alexchaplinbraz.com](https://donate.alexchaplinbraz.com/?project=4)

to motivate me to keep working on this project.



## Legal



MIT License.