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using a bash function to better navigate your files, deep work
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| function study() { | |
| if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then | |
| if [ -e study.txt ]; then | |
| #If there are no arguments, the function checks whether a file named "study.txt" exists in the current directory. | |
| #If it exists, it writes the current working directory to a file named "study_dir.txt" on the user's desktop | |
| #and displays the contents of "study.txt" with line numbers. | |
| echo $PWD > /Users/username/desktop/macbook_pro_scripts/echo_files/study_dir.txt | |
| cat -n study.txt | |
| else | |
| hello_var=$(cat /Users/username/desktop/macbook_pro_scripts/echo_files/study_dir.txt) | |
| cd $hello_var | |
| study_file='/study.txt' | |
| cat -n $hello_var$study_file | |
| echo $hello_var | |
| fi | |
| else | |
| #will take one argument which is a number and will run the command in that line | |
| my_variable=$(sed -n "$1p" study.txt) | |
| eval "$my_variable" | |
| #echo $my_variable | pbcopy | |
| fi | |
| } |
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