GitHub - vanesterik/schwifty: Command-line interface (CLI) application designed to enhance shell experience by providing an efficient way to search through your command history

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Get Schwifty

SCHWIFTY

SHWIFTY is a command-line interface (CLI) application designed to enhance shell experience by providing an efficient way to search through your command history. It allows users to quickly find and reuse previously executed commands, improving productivity and workflow in terminal environments.

Motivation

I found myself frequently needing to search through my shell history to find commands I had previously executed - pressing the up arrow key multiple times to find a command I had used before. Using SCHWIFTY, I can easily navigate through my command history, search for specific commands, and execute them without having to remember the exact syntax or location in the history.

There are probably other tools that do the same, but I wanted to create a tool in Go that was simple, fast, and fit my workflow. I also wanted to learn more about Go and the Bubble Tea framework, which is used to build terminal user interfaces.

Name

The name SCHWIFTY is a playful nod to the popular phrase from the animated series Rick and Morty, where Get Schwifty is a memorable line. In this context, SCHWIFTY stands for Search Command History With Intelligent Filtering Tools for You, emphasizing the application's purpose of providing an intelligent and efficient way to search through command history.

Installation

To install SCHWIFTY, you can use the following methods:

From Source

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/vanesterik/schwifty.git
cd schwifty

  2. Build the application:

    go build -o bin/schwifty .

  3. Move the binary to a directory in your PATH:

    mv bin/schwifty /usr/local/bin/

Using Go Install

If you have Go installed, you can use go install:

go install github.com/vanesterik/schwifty@latest

This will install the schwifty binary in your Go bin directory. Make sure this directory is in your PATH.

Usage

To use SCHWIFTY, simply run the schwifty command in your terminal. You can then search through your command history and select commands to execute or copy.

SCHWIFTY

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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