Bash scripts make a lot of work easier as it is able to make several commands run, one after the other, without the user having to enter them, one-by-one. Here are some scripts that I use (including the ones in the python_scripts directory), to automate certain processes.

Please, you may want to see the general instructions, at the bottom of the README, on How to use scripts on your CLI before using any of these scripts

In this directory are the following:

This is a bash script that makes it easier for you to push to git from the command line without having to enter:

$ git add <file_path>
$ git commit -m '<commit message>'
$ git push

When you run this script, it prints a prompt for you to enter the file path or the file you wish to push, after which it let's you enter your commit message without the command or -m or quotation marks ('...', "..."), and then the file(s) is/are pushed to git automatically.

Note that you can simply enter dot (.) to add everything in the current directory to pushed to git (i.e, ./0-git_add .), just the same way you enter dot to git add, as in; git add .

Certain argments can be passed to the script to make it do something else or control its execution. Below is the summary of how the script is used, assuming you saved it with the name 0-git_add, and moved it to /bin or /usr/bin (You may refer to How to use scripts on your CLI:

This script removes from git the file that you pass to it; it is automated to perform the following commands for you:

$ git rm <file_path>
$ git commit -m '<commit message>'
$ git push

When you run this script, it prints a prompt for you to enter the file path or the file you wish to delete from git, after which it let's you enter your commit message without the command or -m or quotation marks ('...', "..."), and then the change is pushed to git automatically.

This script works like 1-git_rm but recursively removes a sub-directory in the repository and all of its content, running the following commands automatically for you:

$ git rm -r <directory>
$ git commit -m '<commit message>'
$ git push

When you run this script, it prints a prompt for you to enter the directory you wish to delete from git, after which it let's you enter your commit message without the command or -m or quotation marks ('...', "..."), and then the changes are pushed to git automatically.

For me, I saved all of this as g, so that if I did either g <repo> or g <ssh_link>, the repository will be cloned. In other words, I don't have to enter git clone <ssh_link>. Entering g is sure faster than entering git clone but please choose a name that you can easily remember. The script might not make enough sense to you if you don't know how to use ssh, the script for those who use http and PAT (personal access token) to git clone is actually, 5-clone_with_my_PAT.

Please beware that you need to replace the word codetrybe with your GitHub username, you'll find it in a few lines of the code, as show below.

SSH_URL="^git@github\.com:codetrybe/[[:alnum:]_-]+\.git$"

elif [[ $1 =~ $REPO ]]; then
        git clone git@github.com:codetrybe/$1.git

This script will be very useful to you if you have emacs intalled on your PC or virtual machine that has a GUI (graphical user interface). The command in the script stops emacs from popping out as a separate window with clickable buttons, and this is for those who prefer using emacs directly on the terminal. As for me, I saved the script as e, so that I use the command e <file> to open a file in emacs directly on the terminal.

This script clones a repository with your PAT automatically added to it. All you need to do is to pass the username of the owner of the name of the repo as 2 arguments to it. For example ./5-clone_with_my_PAT tpauldike python_and_bash_scripts.

In the above example, the username is tpauldike and the repository is python_and_bash_scripts. You may not want that long name for the script (like me), simply rename the script to anything short and it will still work.

It is very important for you to know that, you have to edit this particular file and add your PAT, otherwise, it will not do the work. To do that, go to this line:

PAT='[YOUR_PERSONAL-ACCESS-TOKEN]'

Replace the template with your PAT enclosed within single quotes, as illustrated below:

PAT='ghgaKihkadjiwlLkjai898&l90'

One more thing; replace the word codetrybe with your GitHub username, where you find a line like this in the script:

USER="codetrybe"

And you are good to go, provided you follow the general instructions on How to use these scripts.

• Copy and paste or type the codes into a file (use any simple and short name of your choice for the file, not necessarily the name used here)
• Make the file executable with the command chmod u+x <file_name>
• Move the file into your bin directory to make it global, sudo mv <file> /bin or sudo mv <file> /usr/bin.

Please be very careful here, you could ruin your system if you make a mistake in this particular step.

• Run your script from anywhere on your terminal by simply entering the name. If the sudo command is not available in your OS, you might not be able to move it to /bin, you have to run the file by entering ./<file> in the directory where the executable file is present.