Trims the current working directory to a maximum length by putting an ellipsis to the middle of the shortened result. Can be used to configure a custom shell prompt. For example, setting the following environment variable:
export PROMPT_COMMAND='PS1="\u@\h:$(shortpwd 5 10) "'
will result in a prompt like this in the directory ~/Sources/private/shortpwd with BASH:
prantlf@noto:~/Sou...e/shortpwd
See cutmidel if you want to shorten an arbitrary text.
Linux users can use Snapcraft:
sudo snap install shortpwd
Mac users can use Homebrew:
brew install prantlf/tap/shortpwd
Windows users can use Scoop:
scoop bucket add prantlf https://github.com/prantlf/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install prantlf/shortpwd
Binaries for the latest versions of Linux, OSX and Windows are available for download. The archives contain an executable and a manpage to be unpacked to a directory like /usr/local.
bin/shortpwd
share/man/man1/shortpwd.1
Otherwise you can build and install from sources.
shortpwd [options] <leading> <trailing> [ellipsis]
Specify the maximum count of leading and trailing characters. The overall maximum length will be their sum plus the length of an ellipsis (3 dots by default). Zero for either leading or trailing count means no leading or trailing parts. The home part directory will be replaced by "~" if present.
-V|--version prints the version of the executable and exits
-h|--help prints the usage information and exits
$ cd ~/Sources/private/shortpwd
$ shortpwd 5 10
~/Sou...e/shortpwd
$ shortpwd 0 12 ..
..ate/shortpwd
Make sure that you have Git client, C buildchain, GNU Make and CMake installed. Clone this repository, build, test and install the executable and manpage to the directory you choose:
git clone https://github.com/prantlf/cutmidel.git
cd cutmidel
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make all test install
You can change the default build type and installation prefix too:
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
You can also build debug this project in VS Code with the C/C++ and CMake extensions.