cmdcreate

Cmdcreate allows you to create custom commands for your Linux terminal without needing to enter the same "complex" commands over and over.

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Usage

Commands:
  create   <command>    <contents>   Create a custom command
  remove   <command>                 Remove a custom command
  edit     <command>                 Modify contents of a command
  list                               Display custom commands
  search   <command>                 Searches for matched command
  reset                              Removes all installed commands
  display  <command>                 Display contents of a command
  rename   <command>    <new name>   Renames a command
  favorite <add/remove> <command>    Renames a command
  repair                             Repairs installed commands if needed

 Update:
    check                            Checks for updates
    update                           Updates your system

 Backup:
    export <output directory>        Checks for updates
    import <file input>              Updates your system

Flags:
  -v, --version                      Displays version
  -c, --changelog                    Displays changelog
  -l, --license                      Displays license
  -d, --debugging                    Displays flags used for debugging

  Offline:
    -g, --get_offline_files          Downloads files for offline use
    -r, --remove_offline_files       Removes files for offline use

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Installation (Latest release)

Note

Only supported on x86_64 architectures (unless built from source).

Arch Linux

Install through an AUR manager

yay -S cmdcreate

Latest git

yay -S cmdcreate-git

Or clone AUR repo

git clone --branch cmdcreate --single-branch https://github.com/archlinux/aur.git ~/cmdcreate
cd ~/cmdcreate
makepkg -si

Latest git (may be unstable)

git clone --branch cmdcreate-git --single-branch https://github.com/archlinux/aur.git ~/cmdcreate-git
cd ~/cmdcreate-git
makepkg -si

Debian/Ubuntu

You can get the .deb package file from the latest release

Fedora

You can get the .rpm package file from the latest release

Other

You can the get the x86_64 binary from the latest release

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Building from source (Latest git)

Dependencies

• Cargo
• Rustup

Clone repo

git clone https://github.com/owen-debiasio/cmdcreate.git
cd cmdcreate
cargo build --release
sudo cp target/release/cmdcreate /usr/bin/cmdcreate

Note

The binary should be located at target/release/cmdcreate

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Example command usage

Creation

$ cmdcreate create say-hi "echo hi"

Success! Created command: say-hi

$ say-hi
hi

Deletion

$ cmdcreate remove say-hi
Are you sure you want to delete command "say-hi"? (y/N)
y

Removed command "say-hi"

List commands

$ cmdcreate list
Installed commands: (1 installed)
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say-hi

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Configuring cmdcreate

Note

You can find the avaliable configurations here

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Licensed under GPL-2.0-only