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pathos.rb - CLI for editing a PATH env variable
Background
If you're like me, you might have a number of export PATH statements
littering your shell resource file (e.g., .zshrc, .bashrc, etc). Over time,
many directory entries get added and revised. Those that remain eventually
become unnecessary, are mistakenly duplicated, or represent directories that no
longer exist on the system. This is my attempt at cleaning up PATH
environment variable. Hopefully, others will find this to be useful.
Demo
Built with the following:
Installation
- Clone repo
- Change to repo directory (Assuming repo was downloaded to ~/Downloads/pathos.rb on MacOS)
cd ~/Downloads/pathos.rb
- Run it
ruby pathos.rb
IMPORTANT
Each time you save your changes to the directory list, pathos.rb will build a
revised export $PATH statement that is written to $HOME/.pathos.env.
To use the new PATH, $HOME/.pathos.env MUST BE SOURCED to take effect
within your shell.
source $HOME/.pathos.env
Navigation / Commands
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| ↑/k | up |
| ↓/j | down |
| o | add path (below current selected path) [1] |
| O | add path (above current selected path) [1] |
| x | remove current path |
| X | remove non-existent paths |
| D | remove duplicate paths |
| S | save |
| q | quit |
Color Highlighting
| Color | Description |
|---|---|
| <span style="background-color:black"> <span style="color:yellow">Yellow</span> </span> | Shows current selected path</span> |
| <span style="background-color:black"> <span style="color:red">Red</span> </span> | Indicates paths that do not exist |
| <span style="background-color:black"> <span style="color:aqua">Aqua</span> </span> | Indicates duplicate paths |