Useful and "Use Less" Scripts

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Thanks for sharing.

The idea behind the scripts above is to minimise extra packages that aren’t already present in most Arch Linux systems. So, in this case, there is a preference on utilising tools like:
ffmpeg, python, pacman, notify-send, a terminal, etc.

When it comes to aliases, I have quite a few myself. I rarely use anything but aliases when using a terminal.

Example:

syu && yy && fup && gpa

This is a combined update that I run. It does this:

sudo pacman -Syu && yay -Sua && flatpak update && cd Appz/GIT_PKGS/paru-git/; git pull; cd; cd Appz/GIT_PKGS/qimgv/; git pull; cd; cd Appz/GIT_PKGS/fsearch/; git pull; cd

The “gpa” alias only checks if there are updates available, as I manually apply those updates after reviewing what’s been changed. I use my “gl” alias for this.

  • Converted thread to a Wiki
  • Added “Open Links in FreeTube (Wayland)”
  • Added some of my terminal shell aliases.
  • Updated “ImageMagick Grid/Collage From Selected Images”.
  • Updated “Merge Selected Images Horizontally/Vertically Using ImageMagick”.
    • Both now use a dark background and try to center images relative to each other.
  • Converted “cup” alias to a function:
### Function to send checkupdates and paru -Qua to a file then open it in micro
function cup
  set syu_date_format (date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
  set syu_log_name "path/to/new/log/file/syu-$syu_date_format.sh"
  # The "checkupdates" command adds some unwanted text. Use "sed" to remove them.
  checkupdates | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g' > "$syu_log_name"
  paru -Qua >> "$syu_log_name"
  sleep 0.1
  micro "$syu_log_name"
  # Remove the last two lines above if you don't need to see the output.
  # They can be replaced with syu && yy / syu && yy && fup to update immediately.
  # This is good for logging the available updates before updating.
end

→ The purpose of this file is just for reference to updates that were/are available prior to updating. Reference in case of a buggy update, that is. The file is much cleaner that pacman’s log file, so I prefer it. I found myself manually creating this file before updates, so I decided to automate the file creation aspect.

  • Updated the “rnsu” function.
    • Now it is more robust using a fuzzy search, while also checking the .cache and .local/share directories for both folders and files matching part of the package name. Be careful with this and pay attention to which folders/files are being sent to the trash. In any case, you can just restore the files as they are not permanently deleted.
function rnsu
    if test (count $argv) -eq 0
        echo "Usage: rnsu package_name"
        return 1
    end

    set package_name $argv[1]

    # Run the pacman command
    sudo pacman -Rnsu $package_name

    # Ask the user if they want to remove the related files
    read -P "Would you like to remove the related configs for \"$package_name\"? (y/n): " response

    if test "$response" = "y"
        set directories ~/.config ~/.cache ~/.local/share
        set found_items 0

        for dir in $directories
            set -l matches (find $dir -maxdepth 2 -iname "*$package_name*")
            if test (count $matches) -gt 0
                set found_items 1
                for match in $matches
                    echo "Found: $match"
                end
            end
        end

        if test $found_items -eq 1
            read -P "Do you want to move these items to the trash? (y/n): " confirm
            if test "$confirm" = "y"
                for dir in $directories
                    set -l matches (find $dir -maxdepth 2 -iname "*$package_name*")
                    for match in $matches
                        echo "Moving to trash: $match"
                        trash -v $match
                    end
                end
                echo "Related files and folders for \"$package_name\" have been moved to the trash."
            else
                echo "No items have been moved to the trash."
            end
        else
            echo "No related files or folders found for \"$package_name\"."
        end
    else
        echo "No files or directories have been removed or sent to the trash."
    end
end
  • Updated Fish “cup” (check for updates) alias/function.
    • Now it no longer creates a file if there are no updates available, and instead prints, “No updates found.” in the terminal.
  • Added “Unison Sync Operations + Fish Alias” script.
  • Modified “Update Notifier” script so that it now uses yay -Qua instead of paru -Qua.
    • It seems yay has finally added an equivalent yay -Qua check that only checks for updates without also trying to apply the updates.
  • Added my MPV config. More functions here: https://mpv.io/manual/stable/
  • Add the following lines for Dolphin Service Menus: the first prevents the action from going into a submenu, and the second sets a minimum requirement for number of selected files. Both are good if you work with images often, but don’t want a cluttered context menu.
[Desktop Entry]
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-MinNumberOfUrls=2
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