bashrc.sh

bashrc.sh

# make a TAB variable globally accessible
export TAB=`echo -e "\t"`

# sort compares binary data
export LC_ALL=C

# search for a file and open it with vim
function vimfind() {
    if [ "$1" == "-s" ]
    then
        # prompt user to select the file
        shift
        select file in $(find ./* -type f -name "$@"); do
            vim $file
            break;
        done;
    else
        # open all files
        local files=$(find ./* -type f -name "$@");
        echo $files
        if [ -n "$files" ]
            then vim $files
            else echo "No such file found."
        fi;
    fi
}

# count the number of tab-separated columns in a file.
function colcount {
    head -1 | awk -F\\t '{print NF}'
}

# commands that help make using tabs easier
function tuniqc {
    uniq -c | sed 's/^\s*\([0-9][0-9]*\)\s*\(.*\)$/\1\t\2/g'
}
function tgroup {
    sort | uniq -c | sed 's/^\s*\([0-9][0-9]*\)\s*\(.*\)$/\2\t\1/g'
}
alias tawk='awk -F\\t'
alias tsort='sort -t"$TAB"'

function notify {
    eval "$*"
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]
    then
      notify-send -t 300000 -u critical "'$*' succeeded"
    else
      notify-send -t 300000 -u critical "'$*' failed"
    fi
}

export HISTSIZE=10000
export HISTIGNORE="ls:exit:[bf]g"

# append commands to the history file, rather than overwritingp
shopt -s histappend
# save each command right when it is executed, not at the end of the session
PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND"