Friendly.Bash

Friendly.Bash is a bash script library designed to make bash scripting easier and more human-readable. It provides a set of functions that abstract away complex bash syntax and provide more intuitive and readable alternatives.

Note: Friendly.Bash is currently in early development. New functions will be added, and existing functions may be edited and improved over time.

Documentation

• hideCursor_showCursor.md: Documentation for functions to hide and show the cursor in the terminal.
• table_formatting.md: Documentation for table formatting functions
• string_manipulation.md: Documentation for string manipulation
• dialog_box.md: Documentation for the dialogBox function.
• lines_and_cols.md: Documentation for functions related to line and column manipulation in the terminal.
• file_selector.md: Documentation for the fileSelector function, which provides an interactive file selection feature.
• file_manipulation.md: Documentation for various file manipulation functions, such as replaceInFile, fileExists, directoryExists, extractColumn, and filterLines.
• ui.md: Documentation for user interface functions like progressBar, setScrollArea, and releaseScrollArea.

Please refer to the respective documentation files for detailed information on each function.

Usage

To use Friendly.Bash in your bash scripts, simply source the friendly.bash file:

source friendly.bash

You can then call the functions provided by Friendly.Bash in your scripts to simplify and enhance your bash scripting experience.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to Friendly.Bash! If you have any ideas, suggestions, or improvements, please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

Friendly.Bash is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more informatiion.