Portable bash dotfiles (formerly SH (formerly KSH))

This directory is meant to be a standalone set of bash functions and aliases for bash versions 4.4 and up. The sh directory can be located anywhere (e.g. some random network drive) , all you need to do is change to the base directory and source init.sh to populate your current session.

Usage

add a line in your bashrc to source the init script

source /path/to/dir/init.sh

If you want tmux to always be running with a new bash session, set TMUX_ALWAYS_ON=1 before sourcing init.sh

Organization

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├── lib             # common functions and env vars
├── prompt_string   # PS1 configuration
├── aliases         # general tool-independent aliases
├── tool_ext        # bash functions aimed at extending cmdline tools
├── os_specific     # dotfiles that do things based on what OS you're on
├── host_specific   # host-specific additions, ignored by git
├── config          # config files for programs, found via XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME
└── notes           # miscellaneous notes on sysadmin utilities and cmdline stuff

Adding Dotfiles

From the start to end of the sourcing process in init.sh, the function printlog is available for any submodule to print debug output. Debug info will be printed if the var DOTDEBUG exists and is non-zero. Thus for a test run, you could do something like DOTDEBUG=1 && source /path/to/dir/init.sh

Customizing your repo

You, dear reader, can view this as a base for your own dotfiles. The directory-based structure is pretty general, but I suggest you remove everything you don't need or want to understand. Err on the side of throwing something away if unsure. A minimal set to grow from might just include the lib, aliases and config directories.

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TODO:

• More bash networking trix
• Randomized Login Messages
  • Randomized Login Ascii Art
• More bash file descriptor trix
• Integrate this with some stupid webapi (for linux webapp?)
• QOL stuff like 2-line PS1, more colors, ncurses screensavers
• More c++ utilities
• More bash job & pid management trix
• Pushdown-automata
• Ncurses forms and stupid widgets (e.g. session-based sticky-notes)
• An interpreter purely in bash