https://github.com/timofurrer/.silent

This small shell script provides a function to execute a command in silent mode
https://github.com/timofurrer/.silent

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This small shell script provides a function to execute a command in silent mode

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/timofurrer/.silent
• Owner: timofurrer
• Created: 2012-11-16T13:18:53.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-11-17T12:17:56.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-25T20:03:29.546Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 105 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# silent

> This small shell script provides a function to execute a command in silent mode


> *Version: 0.00.01*

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**Auhtor:** Timo Furrer 


**License:** GPL


**Version:** 0.00.01

## Install

### Whole git repository

Clone the git repository first:

    git clone https://github.com/timofurrer/.silent.git ~/.silent

Now you can source the `silent.sh` inside the `~/.silent` directory, or whereever you cloned the repository into.

    source ~/.silent/silent.sh

If you want to have this command available in every shell you open, you can but the following line into your configuration file, like the `~/.bashrc`:

    # Provide silent command

    source ~/.silent/silent.sh

### I just want the `silent.sh`

Download latest the `silent.sh` from github:

    wget https://raw.github.com/timofurrer/.silent/master/silent.sh -O ~/.silent.sh

Now you can source the downloaded `~/.silent.sh`:

    source ~/.silent.sh

If you want to have this command available in every shell you open, you can but the following line into your configuration file, like the `~/.bashrc`:

    # Provide silent command

    source ~/.silent.sh

## Use it

This command is a wrapper for every available command in your shell which executes this command in a silent mode, so nothing will be printed.

    silent echo "Hello World"

    silent cd Work

    silent true

    silent false

    silent git grep "Hello World"

## Can I see the last output of a silent command?

Yes you can!


There are to variables defined:

    SILENT_OUTPUT_FILE=~/.last_silent_output

    SILENT_ERROR_OUTPUT_FILE=~/.last_silent_error_output

If you want to use another target file, just set the variable by our own.


### Examples:

Silent echo:

    $ silent echo Hello World

    $ cat .last_silent_output

    Hello World

    $ cat .last_silent_error_output

    $

Silent unexisting command call:

    $ silent unexisting_command

    $ cat .last_silent_output

    $ cat .last_silent_error_output

    unexisting_command: command not found

    $