snip is a simple snippet manager for bash, which allows the user to save useful and important bash code snippets directly from the bash prompt.
It is especially useful to save long one-liners, or rarely used commands which we tend to forget. snip is written in pure bash, but uses FZF to allow the user to perform searches on the snippet database.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Save and recall snippets directly from the bash prompt with keybindings.
- One line setup, won’t slow down your .bashrc loading.
- Uses a simple text file for the database.
- CLI commands to edit the database manually.
- CLI commands to list the contents of the database in a formatted way.
- Supports syncing of multiple hosts via a git repo.
- Automatically saves a time stamp with the command.
- Written in pure shell. To install just copy one file to /usr/local/bin or any other location in your PATH.
- Displays full usage with a simple command (snip help).
Website: github.com/marcopaganini/snip
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Developer: Marco Paganini
License: MIT License
snip is written in Bash. Learn Bash with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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