I want to share my unit test lib for TUI apps

https://github.com/fissible/ptyunit

Most bash test frameworks only assert on stdout. That breaks down as soon as your script:

\- renders to /dev/tty

\- uses cursor movement / ANSI

\- handles arrow keys or interactive input

ptyunit runs your script inside a real pseudoterminal, sends keystrokes (UP, DOWN, ENTER, etc), and lets you assert against what a user would actually see.

out=$(python3 pty_run.py examples/confirm.sh RIGHT ENTER)

assert_contains "$out" "Cancelled"

I originally built this because I couldn’t reliably test a git diff TUI I was working on. Capturing /dev/tty output made it possible to catch layout and rendering issues.

It also doubles as a minimal assertion framework, so you can use it standalone instead of pulling in another dependency.

Would be curious if anyone else here is testing interactive bash tools, or if you’ve run into this gap before.

Install:

\- bpkg install fissible/ptyunit

\- brew tap fissible/tap && brew install ptyunit

Feedback welcome.

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Practice Examples

Ive been coding in python on windows for a while and consider it my main programming language, but Ive been intending to pick up another programming language for a while ( I was going to move to c / c++)

Tell me why, after installing Ubuntu on wsl to try it out

and my friend started teaching me some bash

is it literally so fun to write?

And like its kind of useful too because I can just make functions for navigating my terminal and new aliases...

Anyways Im looking for practice problems to go over, suitable for a beginner so I can keep learning, if you have any suggestions.

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This bash program isn't closing the file descriptor

    printf "This is the first line\r\nThis is the second line\r\n" > "test.txt"
    : {fd}< "test.txt"
    read <&$fd-
    printf "$?; $REPLY\n"
    read <&$fd-
    printf "$?; $REPLY"

This program outputs:

    0; This is the first line
    0; This is the second line

The first read command should have closed the file descriptor but it seems like it doesn't. I don't understand this behaviour.

Edit: This is what the manual says.

> The redirection operator
>
> n<&digit-
> moves the file descriptor digit to file descriptor n, or the standard input (file descriptor 0) if n is not specified. digit is closed after being duplicated to n.

---
Edit (Solution): Took me a long time but here's the real use case of >&fd- and why its effect goes away after one command.

First, let's discuss why the effect goes away after one command. When we redirect, if the redirect was eternal, it would block a fd permanently. For example printf "hey" >&3 would lead to stdout permanently becoming a copy of fd 3 which isn't ideal at all. Therefore, bash automatically restores the state before the redirect after the command is complete.

Now this leads to the question, what is the point of >&fd- then?

Here's a code snippet to showcase that.

    # Run in one terminal
    mkfifo my_pipe
    cat my_pipe

    # Run in a separate terminal
    exec 3> my_pipe

    (
        echo "Worker is doing some fast work....
        sleep 100 > /dev/null & 

    ) >&3 &  # <--- HERE IS THE COPY (>&3)

    exec 3>&-

    echo "Main script finished."

Because we don't close the fd 3, sleep can potentially write to it which leads to cat waiting for 100 seconds before being complete. This leads to terminal 1 being stuck for 100 seconds.

Had we used >&3-, we would have made a move operation and hence there would be no open fd to write to for sleep which leads to cat exiting instantly.

---
This is the best from my research about this.

I could still be wrong about the exact order of operations that I explained for things. If I am, someone correct me.

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I built a free CLI journaling tool for developers - just type "journal" and start writing

Every journaling app I've tried adds friction. Open the app, wait for sync, pick a template. By the time you're ready to write, the thought is gone.

journalot is a bash CLI that creates daily markdown files and auto-commits to git. Quick capture mode lets you log thoughts without opening an editor. Search finds old entries with context highlighting.

https://github.com/jtaylortech/journalot

Been using it daily for months now. Consistency comes from friction removal, not motivation.

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"${pg_dump_flags[@]}"; then
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "pg_dump command executed successfully"
return 0
else
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_error "pg_dump command execution failed"
return 1
fi
}

function run_pg_restore() {
if [[ -z "$(command -v pg_restore)" ]]; then
log_error "pg_restore command not found. Please ensure PostgreSQL client is installed."
return 1
fi

if [[ "$#" -lt 6 ]]; then
log_error "Usage: run_pg_restore <silent> <host> <port> <user> <database> [additional pg_restore flags] <filename>"
return 1
fi

local -r silent="${1:-false}"
local -r postgres_host="$2"
local -r postgres_port="$3"
local -r postgres_user="$4"
local -r postgres_database="$5"
local -r filename="$6"
shift 5

local -a pg_restore_flags=(
"--dbname=${postgres_database}"
"--host=${postgres_host}"
"--port=${postgres_port}"
"--username=${postgres_user}"
)

pg_restore_flags+=("$@")

[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "Executing pg_restore on database: ${postgres_database}, host: ${postgres_host}, port: ${postgres_port}, username: ${postgres_user} with flags: ${pg_restore_flags[*]}"

if pg_restore "${pg_restore_flags[@]}" "${filename}"; then
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "pg_restore command executed successfully"
return 0
else
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_error "pg_restore command execution failed"
return 1
fi
}

function run_psql() {
if [[ -z "$(command -v psql)" ]]; then
log_error "psql command not found. Please ensure PostgreSQL client is installed."
return 1
fi

if [[ "$#" -lt 5 ]]; then
log_error "Usage: run_psql <silent> <host> <port> <user> <database> [additional psql flags]"
return 1
fi

local -r silent="${1:-false}"
local -r postgres_host="$2"
local -r postgres_port="$3"
local -r postgres_user="$4"
local -r postgres_database="$5"
shift 5

local -a psql_flags=(
"--dbname=${postgres_database}"
"--host=${postgres_host}"
"--port=${postgres_port}"
"--username=${postgres_user}"
)

psql_flags+=("$@")

[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "Executing psql on database: ${postgres_database}, host: ${postgres_host}, port: ${postgres_port}, username: ${postgres_user} with flags: ${psql_flags[*]}"

if psql "${psql_flags[@]}"; then
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "psql command executed successfully"
return 0
else
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_error "psql command execution failed"
return 1
fi
}

```

- This is how I use the above script

**test.sh**
```
#!/usr/bin/env bash

# shellcheck source=/dev/null
source "${HOME}/Desktop/utils/src/postgres_utils.sh"

function test_createdb() {
local database="$1"
local user="$2"

local host="localhost"
local port=5432

if ! run_createdb \
"false" \
"${host}" \
"${port}" \
"${user}" \
"${database}" \
"--encoding=UTF-8" \
"--owner=${user}" \
"--username=${user}"; then
exit 1
fi
}

function test_createuser() {
local user="$1"
local host="localhost"
local port=5432
local superuser="root"
if ! run_createuser \
"false" \
"${host}" \
"${port}" \
"${superuser}" \
"${user}" \
"--createdb" \
"--echo" \
"--inherit" \
"--login" \
"--no-createrole" \
"--no-replication" \
"--no-superuser"; then
exit 1
fi
}

function test_dropdb() {
local database="$1"
local user="$2"

local host="localhost"
local port=5432

if ! run_dropdb \
"false" \
"${host}" \
"${port}" \
"${user}" \
"${database}" \
"--if-exists" \
"--no-password"; then
exit 1
fi
}

function test_dropuser() {
local user="$1"
local host="localhost"
local port=5432
local superuser="root"
if ! run_dropuser \
"false" \
"${host}" \
"${port}" \
"${superuser}" \
"${user}" \
"--echo" \
"--if-exists"; then
exit 1
fi
}

function test_pg_dump() {
local database="$1"
local user="$2"

local host="localhost"
local port=5432

if ! run_pg_dump \
"false" \
"${host}" \
"${port}" \
"${user}" \
"${database}" \
"--compress=9" \
"--encoding=UTF-8" \
"--file=${HOME}/Desktop/${database}" \
"--format=directory" \
"--jobs=9" \
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Any of you want to critique the postgres utils script I wrote?

**`logger_utils.sh`**
```
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Contains functions for logging different types of messages.
#######################################
# Determine if the terminal supports color.
# Arguments:
# None
# Returns:
# 0 if color is supported, 1 otherwise.
#######################################
function supports_color() {
# stderr is a terminal?
[[ -t 2 ]] || return 1
# Terminal claims color support
[[ -n "${TERM:-}" && "${TERM}" != "dumb" ]] || return 1
# Respect NO_COLOR standard
[[ -z "${NO_COLOR:-}" ]] || return 1
return 0
}

#######################################
# Define color constants based on terminal support.
# Globals:
# COLOR_RED, COLOR_GREEN, COLOR_NONE
#######################################
if supports_color || [[ -n "${force_color:-}" ]]; then
readonly COLOR_RED='\033[0;31m'
readonly COLOR_GREEN='\033[0;32m'
readonly COLOR_YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
readonly COLOR_NONE='\033[0m'
else
readonly COLOR_RED=''
readonly COLOR_GREEN=''
readonly COLOR_YELLOW=''
readonly COLOR_NONE=''
fi

#######################################
# Internal logging function.
# Arguments:
# 1: Message string
# 2: Status string (e.g., INFO, ERROR)
# 3: Color escape code
# Outputs:
# Writes formatted log to stderr.
#######################################
function log_message() {
local -r message="$1"
local -r status="${2:-INFO}"
local -r color="${3:-${COLOR_NONE}}"
local -r timestamp="$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")"
# Output to stderr (>&2) as per the guide's recommendation for diagnostic info.
printf "[%s] [%b%s%b] %s\n" \
"${timestamp}" \
"${color}" "${status}" "${COLOR_NONE}" \
"${message}" >&2
}

#######################################
# Log an error message in red.
# Arguments:
# 1: Message string
#######################################
function log_error() {
log_message "$1" "ERROR" "${COLOR_RED}"
}

#######################################
# Log an info message in green.
# Arguments:
# 1: Message string
#######################################
function log_info() {
log_message "$1" "INFO" "${COLOR_GREEN}"
}

#######################################
# Log a warning message in yellow.
# Arguments:
# 1: Message string
#######################################
function log_warn() {
log_message "$1" "WARN" "${COLOR_YELLOW}"
}


```

**`postgres_utils.sh`**
```
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Contains functions for common postgresql database operations

# shellcheck source=/dev/null
source "${HOME}/Desktop/utils/src/logger_utils.sh"

function run_createdb() {
if [[ -z "$(command -v createdb)" ]]; then
log_error "createdb command not found. Please ensure PostgreSQL client is installed."
return 1
fi

if [[ "$#" -lt 5 ]]; then
log_error "Usage: run_createdb <silent> <host> <port> <user> <database> [additional createdb flags]"
return 1
fi

local -r silent="${1:-false}"
local -r postgres_host="$2"
local -r postgres_port="$3"
local -r postgres_user="$4"
local -r postgres_database="$5"
shift 5

local -a createdb_flags=(
"--host=${postgres_host}"
"--port=${postgres_port}"
"--username=${postgres_user}"
)

createdb_flags+=("$@")

[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "Executing createdb on database: ${postgres_database}, host: ${postgres_host}, port: ${postgres_port}, username: ${postgres_user} with flags: ${createdb_flags[*]}"

if createdb "${createdb_flags[@]}" "${postgres_database}"; then
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "createdb command executed successfully"
return 0
else
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_error "createdb command execution failed"
return 1
fi
}

function run_createuser() {
if [[ -z "$(command -v createuser)" ]]; then
log_error "createuser command not found. Please ensure PostgreSQL client is installed."
return 1
fi

if [[ "$#" -lt 5 ]]; then
log_error "Usage: run_createuser <silent> <host> <port> <superuser> [additional createuser

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Tip Stop mashing the Up arrow: Filtered History Search with Alt+Up/Down

If you have a 100-character xrandr command or a complex docker string that you use intermittently, Ctrl+R can be a clunky way to find it. Instead, you can configure Bash to perform Incremental History Searching.

This allows you to type the first few letters of a command (e.g., xr) and use a modifier key to cycle only through previous commands that start with those letters.

1. The Configuration Add these lines to your ~/.inputrc.
2. We use the Alt (Meta) key to avoid overwriting the standard "Up/Down" scrolling behavior:

Bash

# Alt+Up: Search forward or backward for commands starting with what you've typed:

"\e[1;3A": history-search-backward

# Alt+Down: Search backward for commands starting with what you've typed:
"\e[1;3B": history-search-forward



Wait, why not just use Ctrl+S to search forward? Standard terminals use Ctrl+S for "XOFF" (flow control), which instantly freezes your terminal output (requiring Ctrl+Q to unfreeze). While you can disable this with stty -ixon, mapping forward-search to Alt+Down is a much cleaner "modern" solution that doesn't mess with legacy TTY settings.

2. Apply it Instantly You don't need to reboot or restart your shell. Tell the Readline library to reload its configuration immediately:

Bash

bind -f ~/.inputrc

3. The Workflow Type xrandr (or even just xr).

Press Alt+Up.

It will skip over every ls, cd, and git command in your history and jump straight to your last complex xrandr call.

Press Alt+Up again to go further back in time through only the xrandr entries.

Why Alt+Up/Down? Most tutorials suggest mapping the standard Up/Down arrows (\\e[A), but that breaks the ability to simply scroll back through the last few (unfiltered) commands. Mapping it to the Alt modifier gives you the best of both worlds: standard history for quick tasks, and filtered search for the complex stuff.

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How do you print "Here document" or "Here Strings" directly?

Edit (Solution): There are two solutions here, depending on the case in which you are.
- Case 1: You use Here Document to print some multiline text.
Don't do that.
Instead, you can just do this:

 printf "%s\r\n"\
  "This is the first line."\
  "This is the second line."

   # This solution has just one annoyance which is that you have to enclose all lines in double quotes and end with a slash.
    # But compare this to here documents which don't allow any special characters to be used, sort of.

- Case 2: You actually are getting some text from somewhere and you are wrapping it to make it a Here Document or something like that.
I would say that there is a high chance the first solution is still more optimal but if you don't feel that, the solution below is your hero.

Credit to: u/OnlyEntrepreneur4760, for reminding me that we can use \ to write a command in multiple lines.
Something I forgot since I consider it a bad habit and stopped using.
But it makes sense here.

---

 { printf "%s\n" "$(< /dev/stdin)"; } <<-EOF
  This is first line.
  This is second line.
  This is third line.
 EOF

Is this how everyone does it or is there a better way to print it directly without storing the "here document" or "here string" to a variable or a file?

PS: WITH ONLY USING BASH BUILTINS

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Depending on the client I use to Telnet or NCAT ascii.bigjobby.com 2323, I get different results. NCAT generally works as intended across clients but Telnet is sketchy, sometimes I get colour and sometimes I don't. Is colour via Telnet even possible or am I silently falling back to NCAT?



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bashd: Bash language server (LSP)
https://github.com/matkrin/bashd

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Beginner Question automate install pkgs

I'm install Termux fresh and have gathered a list of tools below which I want to feed into: pkg install <contents of list.txt> cleanly line by line or glob.
list.txt:

tldr
ncdu
python-pip
fzf
wget
curl
p7zip
tar
fd
ripgrep
rclone
nano
tmux
cava
cmatrix
zip
unzip
cmake
mplayer
nmap
make
pkg-config
nodejs
tcpdump
netcat-openbsd
yt-dlp
busybox
proot-distro
htop
eza
git
zellij
lolcat
fastfetch
bat
dua
rsync
starship
mpv
ffmpeg
dust
duf
bottom
neovim
procs
lazygit
tree
vim
openssh
clang
python

What's the proper syntax to pass to pkg install list.txt 📚

pkg install $(cat list.txt) correct?

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Parsing duf (partial) through to my ~/.bashrc
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A simple, compact way to declare command dependencies

I wouldn't normally get excited at the thought of a shell script tracking its own dependencies, but this is a nice, compact pattern that also feels quite a bit like the usual dependency *import* mechanisms of more modern languages. There's a loose sense in which importing *is* what you're doing, essentially asking the system if you can pull in the requested command, and of course, as such, you're also documenting your required commands upfront.

declare -r SCRIPT_NAME="${0##*/}"

require() {
local -r dependency_name="$1"
local dependency_fqdn

if ! dependency_fqdn="$(command -v "$dependency_name" 2>/dev/null)"; then
echo "Error: dependency $dependency_name is not installed"
echo "$SCRIPT_NAME cannot run without this, exiting now"
exit 1
fi

printf -v "${dependency_name^^}_CMD" '%s' "$dependency_fqdn"
}

require pass
echo $PASS_CMD

The resulting variable assignment gives you a convenient way to pass around the full path of the command. It's a bit of magic at first blush, but I'd also argue it's nothing that a doc comment on the function couldn't clear up.

Just a cool trick that felt worth a share.

**EDIT:** swapped out `which` for `command`, a Bash builtin, per suggestion by /u/OneTurnMore.

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Wallpaper Changing script
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Why was BASH script post removed?

I was posting about the script I created for use as a cron job to edit the hosts file.

It met all the rules, 1, 2, 3, and 4. I don't understand why it wasn't allowed.

I had a feeling the technique I used might not be best practice, but was hoping for feedback about it to learn why, or maybe there are solutions I wasn't aware (although I did list some noting my difficulties in comprehending them such that this solution was the easiest for me to get working).



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Made a script to send reels to the group chat
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Why is this pattern expansion not working?

## Code snippet:

printf "%q\n" "${MAPFILE@}"
printf "\n"

printf "%q\n" "${MAPFILE@/%$'\r'}"
printf "\n"

MAPFILE=("${MAPFILE@/%$'\r'}")
printf "%q\n" "${MAPFILE@}"
printf "\n"

I wrote this code, MAPFILE basically contains line copied from clipboard.
Each line ends with a carriage return \r hence.

## Output:

$'\r'
$'# This is the first line.\r'
$'# This is the second line.\r'

''
\#\ This\ is\ the\ first\ line.
\#\ This\ is\ the\ second\ line.

$'\r'
$'# This is the first line.\r'
$'# This is the second line.\r'

1) At first you can see that each line contains an ending \r.
2) Then if I just print the expansion output directly, there are no \r at the end of each line.
3) But then if I print after assignment, it has again changed.

I want to add before any one suggests this, we can change MAPFILE manually, it is not a constant.
I have changed this array in other places as well and the program works fine.

And mind you I have tried this method of removing a character for other characters such as \t and it works.
It is for some god forsaken reason, not working only when I try to remove \r.

ALSO: I can remove \r using a loop instead where I do the same pattern expansion but line by line.

I am using git bash on windows.
If anyone has any ideas about why this isn't working, it'd be a huge help.

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Can we redirect output to input using only redirection operation?

Edit (Solution): Let's first summarize the question so someone doesn't have to read the whole post.
I asked the question if the following syntax was possible.

    cmd1 <&1 # something here which involved a `cmd2` to feed the output of `cmd2` as input to `cmd1`
    # Yes, this the problem statement for which `|` (pipe) operator is the answer.
    # But I begged the question, if we can do it specifically in this syntax, just as a curiosity.

This is the answer.
I am leading you to the link so you can upvote the person who gave me this idea u/melkespreng.

Along the way, many who have told me, that's what pipe does or expect or some other solution, I appreciate you guys too.

Is this useful?
Edited: Yes, actually it is.
Since this method redirects in the same shell instead of creating a subshell like pipe, there are some specific cases of benefits.
Was it fun to know?
Yes.
For me atleast.

---
Edit: Just gonna write it here since I feel people don't understand my motive.

I know the solution I am telling has multiple solutions.
Piping, redirection of here strings and even a system tool.

The goal isn't to solve the problem of rm asking confirmation.
I am using that as an example.
The goal is to know if I can redirect the output to input in the way I mentioned below or something similar to that and not any of the above mentioned ways.

It's more exploration than a real problem.

---

I got this crazy idea that I want to try out and I have been able to figure it out.
I use rm -I instead of rm, basically set an alias in .bashrc.
Now, that leads rm always requiring confirmation when I have to delete something.

Now, the problem that I am going to state is solved for me in multiple ways but I want to know if I can solve it in this particular way somehow.
The problem is that I have to enter that "yes" message every time I have to delete something.
I can do yes | rm -r folder_name or printf "yes" | rm -r folder_name.
But I thought of what if we could redirect the output of a command to the input of another.

rm -r src <&1 # then something here

This obviously doesn't work because there is nothing that fd 1 i.e. stdout points to.

How can I put some command to replace the comment so that I can achieve what I said, redirecting the output of one command to the input of another?
I am asking for this specific way, the whole rm part is an example, not a problem.

PS: There is also this method which uses redirection but it is not using stdout technically, it is using here-strings.

    rm -r src <<< $(printf "yes")

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\
"--no-comments" \
"--no-owner" \
"--no-password" \
"--no-privileges" \
"--quote-all-identifiers"; then
exit 1
fi
}

function test_pg_restore() {
local database="$1"
local file_name="$2"
local user="$3"

local host="localhost"
local port=5432

if ! run_pg_restore \
"false" \
"${host}" \
"${port}" \
"${user}" \
"${database}" \
"--disable-triggers" \
"--exit-on-error" \
"--format=directory" \
"--jobs=9" \
"--no-acl" \
"--no-owner" \
"--no-password" \
"--no-privileges" \
"--role=${user}" "${HOME}/Desktop/${file_name}"; then
exit 1
fi
}

function test_psql() {
local command="$1"
local database="$2"
local user="$3"

local host="localhost"
local port=5432

if ! run_psql "false" "${host}" "${port}" "${user}" "${database}" "--command=${command}"; then
exit 1
fi
}

function main() {
test_createuser "test_user"
test_createdb "test_db" "test_user"
test_createdb "test_db2" "test_user"
test_psql "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test (description TEXT);" "test_db" "test_user"
test_psql "INSERT INTO test VALUES('what an awesome day');" "test_db" "test_user"
test_psql "SELECT * FROM test;" "test_db" "test_user"
test_pg_dump "test_db" "test_user"
test_pg_restore "test_db2" "test_db" "test_user"
test_psql "SELECT * FROM test;" "test_db2" "test_user"
test_dropdb "test_db" "test_user"
test_dropdb "test_db2" "test_user"
test_dropuser "test_user"
rm -rf "${HOME}/Desktop/test_db"
}

main "$@"

```

- This is my first time writing a comprehensive bash script with functions like this
- I am looking for some critique or ways to improve what I wrote
- Anyone wanna chime in?

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flags] <user>"
return 1
fi

local -r silent="${1:-false}"
local -r postgres_host="$2"
local -r postgres_port="$3"
local -r postgres_superuser="$4"
local -r postgres_user="$5"
shift 5

local -a createuser_flags=(
"--host=${postgres_host}"
"--port=${postgres_port}"
"--username=${postgres_superuser}"
)

createuser_flags+=("$@")

[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "Executing createuser on host: ${postgres_host}, port: ${postgres_port}, username: ${postgres_superuser} with flags: ${createuser_flags[*]}"

if createuser "${createuser_flags[@]}" "${postgres_user}"; then
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "createuser command executed successfully"
return 0
else
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_error "createuser command execution failed"
return 1
fi
}

function run_dropdb() {
if [[ -z "$(command -v dropdb)" ]]; then
log_error "dropdb command not found. Please ensure PostgreSQL client is installed."
return 1
fi

if [[ "$#" -lt 5 ]]; then
log_error "Usage: run_dropdb <silent> <host> <port> <user> <database> [additional dropdb flags]"
return 1
fi

local -r silent="${1:-false}"
local -r postgres_host="$2"
local -r postgres_port="$3"
local -r postgres_user="$4"
local -r postgres_database="$5"
shift 5

local -a dropdb_flags=(
"--host=${postgres_host}"
"--port=${postgres_port}"
"--username=${postgres_user}"
)

dropdb_flags+=("$@")

[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "Executing dropdb on database: ${postgres_database}, host: ${postgres_host}, port: ${postgres_port}, username: ${postgres_user} with flags: ${dropdb_flags[*]}"

if dropdb "${dropdb_flags[@]}" "${postgres_database}"; then
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "dropdb command executed successfully"
return 0
else
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_error "dropdb command execution failed"
return 1
fi
}

function run_dropuser() {
if [[ -z "$(command -v dropuser)" ]]; then
log_error "dropuser command not found. Please ensure PostgreSQL client is installed."
return 1
fi

if [[ "$#" -lt 5 ]]; then
log_error "Usage: run_dropuser <silent> <host> <port> <superuser> [additional createuser flags] <user>"
return 1
fi

local -r silent="${1:-false}"
local -r postgres_host="$2"
local -r postgres_port="$3"
local -r postgres_superuser="$4"
local -r postgres_user="$5"
shift 5

local -a dropuser_flags=(
"--host=${postgres_host}"
"--port=${postgres_port}"
"--username=${postgres_superuser}"
)

dropuser_flags+=("$@")

[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "Executing dropuser on host: ${postgres_host}, port: ${postgres_port}, username: ${postgres_superuser} with flags: ${dropuser_flags[*]}"

if dropuser "${dropuser_flags[@]}" "${postgres_user}"; then
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "dropuser command executed successfully"
return 0
else
[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_error "dropuser command execution failed"
return 1
fi
}

function run_pg_dump() {
if [[ -z "$(command -v pg_dump)" ]]; then
log_error "pg_dump command not found. Please ensure PostgreSQL client is installed."
return 1
fi

if [[ "$#" -lt 5 ]]; then
log_error "Usage: run_pg_dump <silent> <host> <port> <user> <database> [additional pg_dump flags]"
return 1
fi

local -r silent="${1:-false}"
local -r postgres_host="$2"
local -r postgres_port="$3"
local -r postgres_user="$4"
local -r postgres_database="$5"
shift 5

local -a pg_dump_flags=(
"--dbname=${postgres_database}"
"--host=${postgres_host}"
"--port=${postgres_port}"
"--username=${postgres_user}"
)

pg_dump_flags+=("$@")

[[ "${silent}" = false ]] && log_info "Executing pg_dump on database: ${postgres_database}, host: ${postgres_host}, port: ${postgres_port}, username: ${postgres_user} with flags: ${pg_dump_flags[*]}"

if pg_dump

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need help getting sgrep to work in a script file

this command will find all references to emdash in a swath of files and report back which files contain the reference.

sgrep -o '%r\n' '"\"" _quote_ "\"" in ("name[Group1]" .. "\n" in outer("{" .. "}" containing "emdash"))' /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/??

but i want to use this in a script and feed it a variable that i read from stdin for the search string using something like

read sym

and then use $sym in place of the fixed string emdash

but it returns nothing when i use

containing "$sym"

so i also tried it without the quotes, and it REALLY did not like that

Parse error in command line expression column 77 :
        Invalid character
" _quote_ "\"" in ("name[Group1]" .. "\n" in outer("{" .. "}" containing $sym))
                                                                         ^
No query to evaluate. Bailing out.

so then i tried containing "$(echo $sym)"

and got nothing back

is sgrep not capable of evaluating variables? or what?



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Environment Variables

I am currently trying to understand bash and am learning with linuxjourney. However, I am now kind of stuck at understanding environment variables. Can someone tell me if I am understanding this right?

Basically, environment variables are variables, that store information. Now this can be either information (like PATH stores it) that points toward certain directories from where the shell would get the program needed for a command or it is a variable storing information about which directory I am currently in like PWD variable and so on. These variables can either temporarly changed by "export PATH = /example" which would only change the variable for the current session or they can be permanently changed by altering the configuration files.

Also the environment variables are built from these configuration files on booting (or opening shell idk pls help) and can as mentioned be configured to behave different permanently by altering the config files.

What I still completely struggle with is why does one variable actively tell the shell where to look for program files like PATH and other are just storing information like PWD. ChatGPT said that there are functional/operational variables like PATH and informational/state variables like PWD. Can someone confirm the validity of this information?

As you see I am completely new to this and I am really lost so any help will make me happy, thanks!

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Neglected !! party tricks

Everybody knows about using !! to add sudo to your previous command, but there are a couple other things I constantly use it for. So this is just a little PSA in case it never occured to you:

1. grep results

Say I want to search a bunch of files for a string, and then open all files containing that string in my editor.

I want to check the search results first, and I never get the exact search correct on my first try anyway, so I'll run a series of commands that might look like...

grep -rn . -e "mystring"
...
grep -rn . -e "my.\?string"
...
grep -Rni . -e "my.\?string"
...

Checking the results each time, until I have exactly the set of files that I want.

Here's the trick: now add the "-l" flag to grep to get just the file paths:

grep -Rnil . -e "my.\?string"

Now when you use !!, you'll get all those filenames. Therefore we can just do vim -p $(!!) to get all those files opened in tabs in vim.

2. with which

Sometimes I want to read or edit a script that's on my computer.

To find it, I run which some-command. This confirms that it exists under that name, and that it's an actual script and not an alias or shell function.

Now, we can just use vim $(!!) or cat $(!!) or whatever to open it.

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Stop holding the left arrow key to fix a typo. You've had fc the whole time.

# you just ran this
aws s3 sync /var/backups/prod s3://my-buket/prod --delete --exclude "*.tmp"
#                                      ^typo

Hold ← for ten seconds. Miss it. Hold again. Fix it. Run it. Wrong bucket. Rage.

Or:

fc

That's it. fc opens your last command in $EDITOR.Navigate directly to the typo, fix it, save and quit — the corrected command executes automatically.

Works in bash and zsh. Has been there since forever. You've just never needed to know the name.

Bonus: fc -l shows your recent history. fc -s old=new does inline substitution without opening an editor. But honestly, just fc alone is the one you'll use every week.

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Parsing both options and args with spaces on function

Hi!

I defined this function in my .bashrc:

function mytree {
    /usr/bin/tree -C $* | less -R -S
}

This works well so long as none of the arguments have spaces. If I quote the args string variable, "$* I can pass directories with spaces, but no further options; for example, if I use "$*, this fails: mytree -L 2 "/dir/with spaces". It tries to open /dir/with/ and spaces/.

Is there a way around this? I want to be able to pass options and dirs with spaces. Please refrain from suggesting I change a dir's name, I also use such functions at work and cannot do that on the servers.

Thanks!

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I built a custom AST-based shell interpreter in the browser. Looking for edge cases to break it.

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I built a free Bash PS1 prompt generator — looking for Linux user feedback

Hi everyone, I built a small web tool to help generate custom Bash PS1 prompts visually.

You can add prompt elements (date/time, user, host, path, git info, symbols), style them with colors/text attributes, reorder them, and instantly copy the final prompt code.

I just published the first public release and I’d really appreciate feedback from Linux users:

* Is the generated output clean and practical for real shells?
* Which prompt elements are missing?
* Any UX issues or bugs on your distro/browser?

Project link: [https://neiki.eu/bash-prompt-generator/](https://neiki.eu/bash-prompt-generator/)
GitHub: [https://github.com/jindrichstoklasa/bash-prompt-generator](https://github.com/jindrichstoklasa/bash-prompt-generator)

Thanks — even short feedback is super helpful.

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Built yet another public IP lookup
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tinybar - A simple taskbar utility for multiple shell session management
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Shuf && cp

Hello! Posting this question for the good people of Bash.
I'm making a text-based game on Bash for my little kid to learn through it, bashcrawl styled.
I have a folder with monsters and I want them to get randomly copied into my current directory.
I do ls <source> | shuf -n 2 ,thus orrectly displaying them when I run the script for choosing the monsters.

but i fail miserably when copying them in the directory in which I am. Tried using ' . ', $PWD , and dir1/* . ,plus basically every example I found on stack overflow, but to no avail. I keep on getting error messages. If I dont copy, I have them shuffled and displayed correctly.
Anyone here can throw me a line, would be of much help. Thank you!!

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