---*This project is still under heavy development!*--- Please do not delete this file, as it is used to display help information. # L A C K A D A I S I C A L A collection of easy-to-understand, easy-to-use scripts, functions and aliases. Designed to be beginner-friendly but also useful! ## Disclaimer Some aspects of this project were generated by Google Gemini (in particular, daisy_help and daisy_liist). While we are generally against using LLMs for code, the added functionality of being able to get information for individual tools is useful and not considered to be vital functionality. ## How to use Simply open your shell's RC-file (.bashrc, .zshrc, etc) and include `source /daisy.source`, preferably at the bottom of the file. We recommend setting your editor before sourcing `lackadaisical`. For instance, putting `export EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano` near the top of your RC-file. It may later be overridden by `lackadaisical` itself if you use (or have used) `ched`. You can also try out the utilities by simply sourcing the file while running your shell of choice. It will automatically include itself into your `PATH` variable. At first use, `lackadaisical` will provide you with information via `daisy_help`. This information is identical to what can be read in the `Getting Started` section below. ## Getting started ``` --- BEGIN OF DAISY HELP --- =============================================================================== Thanks for installing LACKADAISICAL! This project aims to provide useful utilities as well as learning material. It is still under heavy development, not all of the things on this list are present/implemented. Utils marked with * are incomplete. This suite provides a number of functions, aliases and scripts. They are all aimed at enhancing your efficiency. To uninstall LACKADAISICAL, simply remove the source line from your shell RC, and reload it. This does not remove the files! You will also need to manually clear the configuration data in '/.config/ lackadaisical` if you so desire. To read this notice again, call the function 'daisy_help'. =============================================================================== These are the included binaries and utilities: - calm: Reduce a process 'niceness' to 0. - cdz: This utility extracts an archive to /tmp and changes directory to it in a new shell instance. Upon exit, the files are wiped. If `archivemount` is present, it will be used to mount the archive instead! You can bypass this behavior by specifying an env value of; NO_ARCHIVEMOUNT=1. The standard script supports zip, tarballs, and rar archives. We recommend relying on archivemount` if you have it installed. - editx: Uses your standard CLI editor to create/modify a file and make it executable. - filewait: This tool is given a filename of a file that does not exist yet. When the file appears on disk, the tool quits and simply returns the filename. This can be used in personal workflows to stall a longer command that relies on the existence of said file. - agenda: Sets up a folder that is backed by a date-based tree directory structure. Requires an argument for the name of the folder to generate. Generates a symlink in this name to a date sub-folder in a local '.daisy' folder. Format is -> .daisy////. Recommended to run via crontab - automatically cleans up empty folders. A symlink to the base of the folder's tree, ".tree", is created in the root of the specified directly. Can be used for everything you'd like to sort by date. For example; a diary, browser downloads, backups, code. - own: A simple utility. It's effectively an alias for "sudo chown -R user:user" on the target dir/file. Root permissions required! - sshp: This is a wrapper for `ssh`, the meaning of the 'p' is "Plus". Integrates SSHFS support. If both client and host have SSHFS, this wrapper can be used to connect their file systems. For example, if you need to move files from one machine to another, you could do something like this: "sshp -m /:/mnt/pc -m /home/claire:/home/claire claire@pyon.net" If privilege escalation is necessary for FS access, you will be asked for a password. - shrc: This tool allows you to edit the RC file for your shell in your preferred editor. After saving, the file is sourced by your shell if modified. - sw: A basic function that swaps two files by content. Useful for restoring backups. - what: This is a tool similar to which and others, the key difference is that it returns partial matches. It can be used to search for binaries. - binbox: This tool can be used to pack bash scripts into one big megascript, much like how `busybox` works. You can also make symlinks to it to invoke a specific script (as of writing, 11/25, symlinks do not work well). - bak/unbak: These small utilities make backups of files by making a copy with a .bak suffix. Unbak reverses the process by using sw and removes the backup. - lsa: A simple alias for `ls -lah`. - lsn: A simple alias for `ls -lah --sort=time --reverse`. - lss: A simple alias for `ls -lah --sort=size --reverse`. - editbin: An alias for `editx $\(which \)`. Saves on typing. - editpeco: This function uses peco+tree like `cdp`, but opens your editor on the selected file(s). After you exit your editor(s), you are returned to peco where you left off. - ched: Like chsh but for your editor (EDITOR env). A list from which you can choose an installed editor (CLI or GUI) is shown. This list is by no means complete. The editor for LACKADAISICAL and the global editor are separate. If the EDITOR variable is already defined, only LD_EDITOR will be changed. LD_EDITOR is the editor used by LACKADAISICAL utilities. To override the global EDITOR variable, pass "-g". To restore the normal behavior of checking for an earlier definition of EDITOR after passing "-g", run `ched` without arguments. - cdf: Use fzf to find a file and then cd to its location. - cdp: Similar to `cdf` but uses tree+peco for the query. - clip: An extremely simple utility that functions as a clipboard of sorts. To set the variable, run "clip " or provide data via stdin. To get the variable, simply run clip without any arguments. The variable is stored locally in the shell as "LD_CLIP". - ldrc: Edits daisy.source and re-sources it, similarly to shrc. - daisy_reload: Re-sources daisy.source. Essentially `ldrc` without editing. - grab: Alias for `awk '{print $x}'`, where x is a number. E.g. `echo 'a b c' | grab 2` returns 'b'. - daisy_cbin: Contains the name of the current LACKADAISICAL binary being run. - daisy_enc: Converts a file/stdin to a base64 block that can be decoded by passing the output(s) to `daisy_dec`. The output of `daisy_enc` can be concatenated with the output of another encoded file to create a multi-file base64 archive similar to `daisy_enc_multi`. Does not support symlinks yet, and will instead treat it as a full input file (reads the data of the linked file). When using stdin, please provide a filename as argument. - daisy_enc_multi: A version of `daisy_enc` that encodes multiple files and outputs `daisy_base64_data` blocks to a file or stdout. These outputs can be concatenated as well. - daisy_dec: Converts `daisy_base64_data` blocks back to the form it was in originally. - daisy_dec_multi: A version of daisy_dec that runs on multiple input blocks that are either stored in a file or stdin. - daisy_alias: This utility sets persistent user aliases stored in "~/.config/lackadaisical/aliases.src". They will remain persistent until unaliased with daisy_unalias. Call daisy_alias using '' instead of "". E.g. `daisy_alias hello='echo "Hello!"' - instead of `daisy_alias hello="echo \"Hello!\"". This prevents an early invocation of possible nested aliases. Call this function without arguments to get a list of registered aliases as well as indices for easy unaliasing using `daisy_unalias`. - daisy_unalias: This utility removes an alias from those registered with daisy_alias. It accepts either an alias name, or an index given by calling `daisy_alias` without arguments. In case of a mistake, a backup is made under the filename "~/.config/lackadaisical/aliases.src.bak". To restore this file, you can use these commands: `unbak ~/.config/lackadaisical/aliases.src' `daisy_reload` - daisy_list: List all available commands without description. - daisy_clear: Removes all configuration, including aliases. A backup is made and can be restored using "daisy_restore". Triggers a reload. - daisy_backup: Backs up all config files. These can be restored using "daisy_restore". - daisy_restore: Undoes "daisy_clear" by restoring config files. Triggers a reload. - ld_*: All functions prefixed by "daisy_" are also available with the prefix "ld_" via aliases provided in daisy.source. --- END OF DAISY HELP --- ```