Term Snippet

Copy useful snippets of text for later, right in the terminal

Installation

• Run go get github.com/ajpen/termsnippet.

Termsnippet should then be installed as termsnippet in /$GOPATH/bin.

Note: be sure to set $EDITOR; termsnippet relies on that environment variable to know what editor it should use when editing snippets or creating snippets.

Usage

You can view all support commands with termsnippet -h. termsnippet {command} -h will display gelp information for a specific command.

termsnippet new {title} creates a new snippet with the name title. This will open a text editor, annowing you to type (or paste) your code snippet. You can add -c to instruct termsnippet to use the code on the clipboard for the snippet. To include an optional description, use -d followed by the description.

termsnippet edit {title} opens a text editor allowing you to edit the snippet. You use -d to change the description.

termsnippet clip {title} copies the code snippet to clipboard.

termsnippet list prints displays all saved snippets. Using this command along with less gives a better experience.

termsnippet view {title} prints the name, description and contents of the snippet.

termsnippet delete {title} permanently removes an existing snippet. Use with care.