dirShort

A dynamic working directory string shortener for BASH terminals.

Description

A Python and C file are provided that enable you to customise your terminal so that the working directory string will be shortened such that the string will not occupy more than ~40% of the terminal width by reducing the number of characters in any parent directory strings. The C version is faster than the Python version.

Useage

Python - dirShort.py

1. Place the script in the home directory
2. Give the script the relevant permissions to execute on your system. chmod 755 dirShort.py for example.
3. Add the following to your ~/.bashrc file (change the colors if you wish):

PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]$(python3 $HOME/dirShort.py "$(dirs)")\[\033[00m\]\$ '

C - dirShort.c

1. Compile the file using gcc -O3 -Wall -std=c99 dirShort.c -o dirShort
2. Place the executable in the home directory. (dirShort is you used the above command)
3. Give the executable the relevant permissions to execute on your system. chmod 775 dirShort for example.
4. Add the following to your ~/.bashrc file (change the colors if you wish):

PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]$($HOME/dirShort "$(dirs)")\[\033[00m\]\$ '

Example

From:

user@pc:~/myFiles/documents/codeExamples

To (gradually reducing terminal width):

user@pc:~/myFiles/documen/codeExamples

user@pc:~/myFil/docum/codeExamples

user@pc:~/myF/doc/codeExamples

user@pc:~/m/d/codeExamples

Notes

• You may wish to tweek the limits in the file to suit your own terminal needs