Functions

Created søndag 23 oktober 2016

Functions works as Aliases. Add the preferred functions to your .bashrc/.zshrc file.

Extract

# Make sure you add shopt -s extglob to the .basrc/.zshrc file
# Use with ex filename

ex ()
{
  if [ -f $1 ] ; then
	case $1 in
	  *.tar.bz2)   tar xjf $1   ;;
	  *.tar.gz)    tar xzf $1   ;;
	  *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1   ;;
	  *.rar)       unrar x $1     ;;
	  *.gz)        gunzip $1    ;;
	  *.tar)       tar xf $1    ;;
	  *.tbz2)      tar xjf $1   ;;
	  *.tgz)       tar xzf $1   ;;
	  *.zip)       unzip $1     ;;
	  *.Z)         uncompress $1;;
	  *.7z)        7z x $1      ;;
	  *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()" ;;
	esac
  else
	echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
  fi
}

Copy and go to dir

# Use with cpg /path/to/file /new/path

cpg (){
  if [ -d "$2" ];then
	cp $1 $2 && cd $2
  else
	cp $1 $2
  fi
}

Move and go to dir

# Use with mvg /path/to/file /new/path

mvg (){
  if [ -d "$2" ];then
	mv $1 $2 && cd $2
  else
	mv $1 $2
  fi
}

Arch news feed (rss)

# Use with feed

feed() {
	# The characters "ç, £, §" are used as metacharacters. They should not be encountered in a feed...
	echo -e "$(echo $(curl --silent https://www.archlinux.org/feeds/news//// | sed -e ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ /g') | \
		sed -e 's/&gt;/ç/g' |
		sed -e 's/&lt;\/aç/£/g' |
		sed -e 's/href\=\"/§/g' |
		sed -e 's/<title>/\\n\\n\\n   :: \\e[01;31m/g' -e 's/<\/title>/\\e[00m ::\\n/g' |
		sed -e 's/<link>/ [ \\e[01;36m/g' -e 's/<\/link>/\\e[00m ]/g' |
		sed -e 's/<description>/\\n\\n\\e[00;37m/g' -e 's/<\/description>/\\e[00m\\n\\n/g' |
		sed -e 's/&lt;pç/\n/g' |
		sed -e 's/&lt;bç\|&lt;strongç/\\e[01;30m/g' -e 's/&lt;\/bç\|&lt;\/strongç/\\e[00;37m/g' |
		sed -e 's/&lt;a[^§]*§\([^\"]*\)\"[^ç]*ç\([^£]*\)[^£]*£/\\e[01;32m\2\\e[00;37m \\e[01;34m[ \\e[01;35m\1\\e[00;37m\\e[01;34m ]\\e[00;37m/g' |
		sed -e 's/&lt;liç/\n \\e[01;34m*\\e[00;37m /g' |
		sed -e 's/<[^>]*>/ /g' |
		sed -e 's/&lt;[^ç]*ç//g' |
		sed -e 's/[ç£§]//g')\n\n"
}

Disable monitor blank for 2 hours

# Use with blank

blank () {
	DUR="$(xset q | grep Standby | cut -d' ' -f4)"
	xset s off
	case $DUR in
	7200) xset dpms 600 600 600;notify-send "Display" "Screen blank set to 10 mins.";;
	*) xset dpms 7200 7200 7200;notify-send "Display" "Screen blank set to 2 hours.";;
	esac
}

Get current weather + forecast in some sweet output!

# Use with weather <CITY_NAME>

weather () {
	curl -4 http://wttr.in/$1
}