scriptlets

A collection of tiny but helpful shell scripts and configuration files for personal use. Tested with current Ubuntu and macOS. Licensed under GPL v3.

To install all scripts to ~/bin (by creating symbolic links), clone the project and type make. Or run the bootstrap script:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/krlmlr/scriptlets/main/bootstrap | sh

Actively used tools

Notifications

n

Execute command in the foreground and show desktop notification after completion. Currently macOS only.

bkg

Execute command in the background and show desktop notification in case of error. Currently macOS only.

h and s

Iterate over all worktrees under the current Git repository and execute a command in each of them. With h, the command is executed directly. The s command prepends git, it is a wrapper around h git . Supported switches:

• -i or --interactive: run the command in interactive mode, turn off parallel propcessing (with aliases hi and si)
• -p or --paged: show the output of the command in a pager (with aliases hp and sp)
• -n or --dry-run: show the command that would be executed, but do not execute it
• -x or --log-commands: also log the commands that are executed

gita both does too much and not enough, let's see how far I can get with home-grown scripts.

g is a simple forwarder to git.

FIXME: Integrate with inside and every

rh

Start RStudio with an .Rproj project file found in the current directory. If no project file is found, it is created using usethis::use_rstudio().

fsed

Run gsed on files in subdirectories.

air-format

Run air format on a single file if the containing Git repository has an air.toml file. Useful as a formatter in the RStudio IDE.

git-mmv

Allows you to write git mmv to move several Git-controlled files at once, with the usual mmv syntax.

git-merge-into

Merges the current branch into another branch without altering the current working copy.

pmake

Parallel make, uses number of CPU cores as number of jobs.

retry

Execute command until success, with increasing time intervals between failures.

cgrep

Colorful egrep .

pdfcat

Concatenate multiple PDF files into a single document.

git-bubble

How far can the most recent commit be pushed back up in the history without introducing merge conflicts?

FIXME: Add option to run code (check for semantic conflicts).

soffice-macos

Launch LibreOffice/OpenOffice on macOS with proper environment setup.

k

A simple forwarder to kubectl.

To be reviewed

Run commands in subdirectories

inside

Execute command inside a subdirectory, given as first argument.

every

Treat each line of the standard input as subdirectory to execute command in (via inside).

each

Like every, but in parallel.

everyfile

Execute command in each subdirectory (via inside). FIXME: Currently assumes that the current directory only has subdirectories, not files.

eachfile

Like everyfile, but in parallel.

gh-mirror

Mirrors GitHub issues in a subdirectory of .git for offline use. A low-tech wrapper for wget.

git-backup

Tracks the files that Git does not track in a shadow Git repository.

git-backup-all

Treat a whole tree of Git repositories with git-backup.

git-merge-update

Simplifies maintenance of "development" branches that contain several feature/bugfix branches.

git-rsync

Allows repeated Git-less synchronization with remote locations via rsync.

imgdiff and imgdiff-bg

Compare two images side by side and show differences in a middle pane. Requires ImageMagick. The -bg script exits immediately. Usage: git difftool -x imgdiff-bg -y <image files>. (Source)

machine-load

Connects to remote machines and shows the top 5 processes by CPU consumption.

ogv-to-gif

Convert a video to an animated GIF.

slecho

Echoes each of its parameters on a single line.

rpt

Repeat a command (default: make) as soon as the contents of the current working directory change.

reprex

Reproducible shell examples.

FIXME: This is likely better solved with script .

~ ( echo "echo a"; echo "echo b" ) | reprex
echo a
echo b
# a
# b

Step by step:

1. Type reprex on the shell.

2. Type echo a on the shell.

3. Output:

   echo a
   # a

4. Type echo b on the shell.

5. Output:

   echo b
   # b

6. Type <Ctrl + D> on the shell.

Not perfect, but a start.

Azure utilities

azure-resource-group-get-default

Get the default Azure resource group.

azure-vm-deallocate

Deallocate an Azure VM, freeing up compute resources.

azure-vm-set-size

Set the size (instance type) of an Azure VM.

azure-vm-start

Start a stopped or deallocated Azure VM.

git-config-parent

Configure Git to look for settings in parent directories.

git-join-repos

Join multiple Git repositories into one while preserving history.

Obsolete

In the obsolete directory.

Copyright 2015-2025 Kirill Müller.