https://github.com/tupton/compact-path

Reduce path components to one letter, like vim buffer names.
https://github.com/tupton/compact-path

python shell utility

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Reduce path components to one letter, like vim buffer names.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tupton/compact-path
• Owner: tupton
• Created: 2015-01-21T22:06:35.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-08-25T17:38:20.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-22T17:51:43.618Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: python, shell, utility
• Language: Python
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• Size: 27.3 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Compact Path

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Reduce path elements to one character save the last element, like vim buffer names.

``` sh

❯ pwd

/Users/tupton/code/compact_path

❯ python compact_path.py $(pwd)

/U/t/c/compact_path

❯ python compact_path.py $(pwd | sed "s:$HOME:~:")

~/c/compact_path

```

Pass the `--trigger` or `-t` option to specify the length at which compaction will

take place. Any paths that are *less* than this length will not be compacted.

``` sh

❯ pwd

/Users/tupton/code/compact_path

❯ python compact_path.py $(pwd) --trigger 35

/Users/tupton/code/compact_path

❯ python compact_path.py $(pwd) -t 10

/U/t/c/compact_path

```

You can use this in your shell prompt.

``` sh

function compact_path() {

    local cp="/usr/local/bin/compact_path"

    if [[ -e "$cp" ]]; then

        echo $("$cp" "$1" --trigger 20)

    else

        echo "$1"

    fi

}

PROMPT='$(compact_path "${PWD/#$HOME/~}") %# '

```

In `zsh`, that would result in a prompt that looks like the following.

``` sh

~/code/compact_path % cd /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/

/u/l/L/Homebrew % cd ~/code/compact_path

~/code/compact_path %

```

See my `zshrc` for the actual [`compact_path` function][cp] and how I use it [in my prompt][p].

  [cp]: https://github.com/tupton/dotfiles/blob/656350a5a060ec5cf162fe02f6c8f3e3cdebf3d4/zsh/zshrc.d/prompt.zsh#L18-L25

  [p]: https://github.com/tupton/dotfiles/blob/656350a5a060ec5cf162fe02f6c8f3e3cdebf3d4/zsh/zshrc.d/prompt.zsh#L101