Command menu (terminal,bash,fzf_reload,/tmp)

#   Oct 24, 2022, 08:52:28  Command menu (terminal,bash,fzf_reload,/tmp)


.bashrc :

#   folder,export PATH : Private path where the "type -p" command will find your own files.
#   source : Short .bashrc entry to make the original .bashrc more transparent.
#   Custom settings and files in a separate directory. Easily portable, i.e. modular architecture.
#   $folder content :
#   $ ls $folder
#   backup.txt  bash_settings  cmd.txt  hdd.txt  install.txt  pacman.txt  swap.txt

folder=~/Downloads/bash && export PATH="$folder:$PATH" && source bash_settings


~/Downloads/bash/bash_settings (or "$folder"/bash_settings) :

#   Command menu with multiple pages (bash, fzf).
#
#   fake readline (up and delete line) source :
#   https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18362837/how-to-display-and-refresh-multiple-lines-in-bash
#   https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22322879/how-to-print-current-bash-prompt
#
#   fzf insert = edit source :
#   https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/wiki/examples#opening-files
#
#   neccesary packages :
#   coreutils : head, tail
#   ncurses : tput
#
#   variables (using shared memory) :
#   /tmp/pm : page maximum
#   /tmp/pn : page number
#   /tmp/pd : page decrease
#   /tmp/pi : page increase
#   https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13207292/bash-background-process-modify-global-variable


function menu {

if [ $# -eq 0 ]                         #   Empty command does nothing (quits).
then
return
fi

if [ ! -s /tmp/pn ]                     #   Page number test, if missing then 0.
then
echo 0 >/tmp/pn
fi

i=0                                     #   Copy pages to the /tmp folder, numbered for simplicity (/tmp/$i).
for page in "$@"                        #   No need to use an array variable and search in it.
do
cp $(type -p $page) /tmp/$i
((++i))                                 #   let i=i+1
done
                                        #   page increase and page decrease commands copy to /tmp folder for fzf_reload

echo 'echo $(($(</tmp/pn)+1))>/tmp/pn;[ $(</tmp/pn) -gt $(</tmp/pm) ] && echo 0 >/tmp/pn || :;cat /tmp/$(</tmp/pn)'>/tmp/pi
echo 'echo $(($(</tmp/pn)-1))>/tmp/pn;[ $(</tmp/pn) -lt 0 ] && echo $(</tmp/pm) >/tmp/pn || :;cat /tmp/$(</tmp/pn)'>/tmp/pd

echo $(($#-1))>/tmp/pm                  #   define page maximum

if [ $(</tmp/pn) -gt $(</tmp/pm) ]      #   minor adjustment
then
echo $(</tmp/pm)>/tmp/pn
fi

tty=""                                  #   tty : --height=50% --border=vertical
if [ "$TERM" = linux ]
then
tty="--height=50% --border=vertical"
fi
                                        #   fzf engine

line=$(< /tmp/$(</tmp/pn) fzf --reverse --exact --no-color --no-info --expect=insert --cycle --bind "right:reload(. /tmp/pi),left:reload(. /tmp/pd)" $tty)


if [ "$line" = "" ]                     #   fzf escape, ctrl-c, empty string
then
tput cuu1 && tput el                    #   fake readline (up and delete line)
return
fi

key=$(head -1 <<< "$line")              #   https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/wiki/examples#opening-files
cmd=$(head -2 <<< "$line" | tail -1)    #   (example of using --expect)

if [ "$key" = insert ]                  #   only insertion
then
tput cuu1 && tput el                    #   fake readline (up and delete line)
read -p "${PS1@P}" -eri "$cmd" cmd
fi

history -s $FUNCNAME $@
history -s $cmd

tput cuu1 && tput el                    #   fake readline (up and delete line)
echo "${PS1@P}"$cmd

eval $cmd

}


#   Personal examples.

alias m='menu cmd.txt pacman.txt backup.txt hdd.txt swap.txt install.txt'

#   Older one page settings (out of habit).

alias b='menu backup.txt' s='menu cmd.txt' pk='menu pacman.txt' hdd='menu hdd.txt' swap='menu swap.txt' i='menu install.txt'