zsh-get_serialised_filename

useful function to get serialised filename

Usage

In your shell script, sometimes you want save a file in '/path/to/save' with serial-numbered file name. Assume that the structure of '/path/to/save' is now

path
└── to
    └── save
        ├── 01_file
        ├── 02_file
        ├── 04_file
        ├── file_001.txt
        ├── file_002.txt
        └── file_003.txt

Then you can get the serial-numberd file name like below:

1: if you want to create "file_004.txt"

$ echo "$(get_serialised_filename -d "/path/to/save" -b "file_" -e "txt")"
/path/to/save/file_004.txt

2: if you want to create "05_file"

echo "$(get_serialised_filename -d "/path/to/save" -n 2 -a "_file")"
/path/to/save/05_file

3: if you want to create "/path/to/other/newfile_001.md"

echo "$(get_serialised_filename -d "/path/to/other" -b "newfile_" -e "md")"
/path/to/other/newfile_001.md

But this may fail because 'other' directory doesn't exist yet. This script only returns filename but doesn't anything except that.

Install

With sh plugin manager

You can use zsh-plugin-manger (antigen, zgen, zplug, and so on)

In your zshrc:

antigen

antigen bundle ssh0/zsh-get_serialised_filename

zgen

zgen load ssh0/get_serialised_filename

zplug

zplug "ssh0/get_serialised_filename"

Manuall installation

This script also works in bash. If you want use this function from bash, you can install with below steps.

1: Clone this repository into your computer.

git clone https://github.com/ssh0/zsh-get_serialised_filename.git ~/.zsh/plugins/zsh-get_serialised_filename

2: source from your zshrc (or bashrc).

In zshrc(or bashrc):

source $HOME/.zsh/plugins/zsh-get_serialised_filename/get_serialised_filename.sh

License

This script is published under MIT License.

Author

ssh0 (Shotaro Fujimoto) fuji101ijuf@gmail.com