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• Description
• Quickstart
• Installation
• Troubleshooting

• name: cmd
• description: Store your favourite commands and scripts in one place.
• author: Filippo Squillace
• username: fsquillace
• OS compatibility: linux, osx

• To add/update a new command/script:

$ cmd add myls
Write the script below and press Cntrl-c on a new line to save it:
ls -l ~

• To add/update a new command/script with variables in it:

$ cmd add myls
Write the script below and press Cntrl-c on a new line to save it:
ls -l $opts $@

• To add a new script in different language add a shebang into it:

$ cmd add myls
Write the script below and press Cntrl-c on a new line to save it:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
...
...

• To execute the command/script:

$ cmd execute myls
ls -l ~
Are you sure to run the script? (N/y)> y
...
...

• Alternatively, the command is visible in PATH variable and can be directly executed:

myls

• To execute the command/script substituting variables:

$ cmd execute myls "opts='-a -lt'" /root
ls -l $opts $@
Are you sure to run the script? (N/y)> y
...
...

• To list all the available commands:

$ cmd list
myls

If there are already existing commands in a given directory, you can use the include command to include such commands into cmd program:

cmd include "/mydirectory/to/new/commands"
cmd list

cmd will add all the executable scripts in that directory and in the nested directories (up to one level only).

This package needs to be installed via Pearl system.

pearl install cmd

Optionally, you can also install the package cmd-extra containing a collection of standard commands:

pearl install cmd-extra

The main dependencies are the following:

• Pearl
• GNU coreutils

This section has been left blank intentionally. It will be filled up as soon as troubles come in!