The jamescherti/bash-stdops project is a collection of helpful Bash scripts that simplify various operations, including file searching, text replacement, and content modification.

I use these scripts in conjunction with text editors like Emacs and Vim to automate tasks, including managing Tmux sessions, replacing text across a Git repository, securely copying and pasting from the clipboard by prompting the user before executing commands in Tmux, fix permissions, among other operations.

The bash-stdops Script Collection Overview

Files, Paths, and Strings

• walk: Recursively lists files from the specified directory.
• walk-run: Executes a command on all files.
• sre: Replaces occurrences of a specified string or regular expression pattern, with support for case-insensitive matching and regular expressions.
• git-sre: Executes sre at the root of a Git repository to replace text within files.
• path-tr, path-uppercase, path-lowercase: Processes a file path to convert the filename to uppercase or lowercase.
• autoperm: Sets appropriate permissions for files or directories (e.g., 755 for directories).
• path-is: Prints the path and exits with status 0 if the file is binary or text.

Git

• git-dcommit: Automates the process of adding, reviewing, and committing changes in Git.
• git-squash: Squashes new Git commits between the current branch and a specified branch.

SSH

• esa: Manages the SSH agent, including starting, stopping, adding keys, and executing commands.
• sshwait: Waits for an SSH server to become available on a specified host.

Tmux

• tmux-cbpaste: Pastes clipboard content into the current tmux window with user confirmation.
• tmux-run: Executes a command in a new tmux window. If inside tmux, it adds a new window to the current session; otherwise, it creates a window in the first available tmux session.
• tmux-session: Attaches to an existing tmux session or creates a new one if it doesn’t exist.

X11/Wayland

• xocrshot: Captures a screenshot, performs OCR on it, displays the extracted text, and copies it to the clipboard.

Misc

• haide: Uses AIDE to monitor the file integrity of the user’s home directory.
• cbcopy, cbpaste, cbwatch: Manages clipboard content by copying, pasting, or monitoring for changes.
• outonerror: Redirects the command output to stderr only if the command fails.
• over: Displays a notification once a command completes execution.
• largs: Executes a command for each line of input from stdin, replacing {} with the line.

Conclusion

The jamescherti/bash-stdops scripts provide a variety of tasks, including file manipulation, Git management, and SSH automation, improving efficiency and usability.