task.sh

task.sh is a little tool made for easy step-by-step Bash scripts. It provides one function, task, which take a command and print it with a checkbox. When the task complete, it either checks it or write an F to mark it as failed and log its stderr output.

Install

Download task.sh somewhere:

curl -sL 'http://git.io/EgU4Vg' > task.sh

Usage

Source task.sh in Bash:

. task.sh

Then prefix each command with task. Be careful to use quotes when you’re using special Bash characters, like redirections and pipes:

# wrong:
task echo bar > foo

# right:
task 'echo bar > foo'

Right now task doesn’t support command output, so you’ll need to redirect any output (stdout and stderr) somewhere to not mess with task’s own output. This should be improved in the future.

Example

. path/to/task.sh
task touch foo
task mkdir bar
task mv foo bar/
task sleep 1
task touch bar # will fail
task true

Result:

[x] touch foo
[F] mkdir bar
[x] mv foo bar/
[x] sleep 1
[x] touch bar
[x] true