A while ago I made a tiny function in my ~/.zshrc to download a video from the link in my clipboard. I use this nearly every day to share videos with people without forcing them to watch it on whatever site I found it. What’s a script/alias that you use a lot?

# Download clipboard to tmp with yt-dlp
tmpv() {
  cd /tmp/ && yt-dlp "$(wl-paste)"
}
  • Bo7a@lemmy.ca
    6·
    16 hours ago
    #Create a dir and cd into it
mkcd() { mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$@"; }
    • iliketurtiles@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      3 minutes ago

      Here’s a script I use a lot that creates a temporary directory then cleans up after youre done. Ctrl-D to exit, and it takes you back to the directory you were in before.

      Similar to what another user shared replying to this comment but mine is in bash + does these extra stuff.

      #!/bin/bash

function make_temp_dir {
    # create a temporary directory and cd into it.
    TMP_CURR="$PWD";
    TMP_TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)";
    cd "$TMP_TMPDIR";
}

function del_temp_dir {
    # delete the temporary directory once done using it.
    cd "$TMP_CURR";
    rm -r "$TMP_TMPDIR";
}

function temp {
    # create an empty temp directory and cd into it. Ctr-D to exit, which will
    # delete the temp directory
    make_temp_dir;
    bash -i;
    del_temp_dir;
}

temp