maaraaji / record-shell

Record your terminal commands and executes from anywhere anytime any number of times without hassle. This is a macro program that records and combines the commands that only you desire or found successful and store it or give you as a single script file.

Record

Record your terminal commands and executes from anywhere anytime any number of times without hassle.

Installation

1. Clone this git URL

$ git clone https://github.com/maaraaji/record-shell.git

2. Navigate to cloned record-shell folder and give executable permission to install.sh using chmod

$ cd record-shell
$ chmod +x ./install.sh

3. Run the installer in your desired terminal.

#When you are using bash
$ ./install.sh

#When you are using ZSH
$ zsh ./instsall.sh

4. It will ask for the home directory of record. By default it will set as home_directory/rcd-home but you can change it to whichever place you want

To set default type d
To set manual type m, then it will ask you to enter the home directory name

If you are installing it in zsh, please check if rcd-home/bin/cmd is correctly set to PATH as below,
$ cat ~/.zshrc | grep "export PATH"
This should show rcd-home/bin/cmd in PATH.
Check the PATH env variable as below and see if PATH have rcd-home/bin/cmd in it,
$ env | grep PATH
If env don't have rcd-home/bin/cmd in PATH but .zshrc have it, then type source ~/.zshrc to load the PATH variable.

5. Finally, type below commands to ensure rcd-home cmd directory is added to path to use rcd command

# If bash environment
$ source ~/.bash_profile

# If zsh environemtn
$ source ~/.zshrc

6. Thats It all done. You are good to use rcd command

Usage:

rcd will record your desired commands and make it as a single script

rcd [-s] [-a] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-q] [-l]
[-v] FILENAME or NUMBER
[-r] Scriptname.sh
[-c] SOURCE_FILE DIR/TARGET_FILE
[-x] FILENAME or NUMBER
[-n] SOURCE_FILE TARGET_FILE

Options	Briefing
-s	Start the recording
-h	Record help or rcd usage
-e	End the recording
-a	Record the last executed command to the recording script file
-d	Record the current working directory to the script file
-l	List of recorded script files. Highlighted file is the recording file if recording is running .
-v	View the recording script. With FILENAME or NUMBER, view the specific script file
-q	Current status of the recording
-r	Remove recorded empty script files. With Scriptname.sh,Remove the specified script file
-c	With SOURCE_FILE DIRECTORY/TARGET_FILENAME, Export the SOURCE file as Your Directory/TARGET_FILENAME
-x	With FILENAME or NUMBER, Execute the specific script file
-n	With SOURCE_FILE TARGET_FILE, Rename the recorded SOURCE file as TARGET filename