shell script that replaces the command line

shell script that replaces the command line

[Dave Yost]

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Hi.

Can a shell function replace the command line contents? I know a widget can do it, but I can’t see a way for a shell function to do that.

The use case is my “d” command I’ve been using for years. It is a fancy shell function that runs a command in the background with all output to a file. Optionally, it can rerun the previously-backgrounded command again or echo it.

When I want to rerun a command, I want my d shell function to put the previously-backgrounded command in the BUFFER so I can edit it before rerunning it.

Thanks

Dave

0 Thu 13:33:58 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
201 Z% d c echo ha
[5] 4595
0 Thu 13:34:11 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
202 Z% 
[5]  + 4595 done       yostD_runToOutfileWithEpilogue
0 Thu 13:34:11 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
202 Z% cat out
=d= tbegin 2014-06-12T13:34:11 PDT Thu
=d= see    http://yost.com/computers/d/
=d= host   ip2
=d= uname  Darwin ip2 13.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun  3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
=d= path   /Users/yost/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin::
=d= wd     /Users/yost
=d= cmd    echo ha
=d==begin / - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - \
ha
  0.01s user 0.02s system 143% cpu 0.024 total
=d==end   \ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /
=d= status 0
=d= tend   2014-06-12T13:34:11 PDT Thu
========== =====================================================================
0 Thu 13:34:14 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
203 Z% d sp
echo ha
0 Thu 13:34:25 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
204 Z% d s
[ echo ha ]
[5] 4647
0 Thu 13:34:28 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
205 Z% 
[5]  + 4647 done       yostD_runToOutfileWithEpilogue
0 Thu 13:34:29 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
205 Z% 

Re: shell script that replaces the command line

[Bart Schaefer]

On Jun 12,  4:07pm, Dave Yost wrote:
} Subject: shell script that replaces the command line
}
} Can a shell function replace the command line contents? I know a
} widget can do it, but I can't see a way for a shell function to do
} that.

The "print -z ..." command loads the buffer stack, which is then popped
into the editor buffer at the next prompt (e.g., after the calling
function/script exits).

Re: shell script that replaces the command line

[Dave Yost]

It would be good if "buffer stack" were in the index of the doc, and it would be good if the PDF form of the doc had internal hyperlinks.

On Thu 2014-06-12, at 11:40 PM, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:

> On Jun 12,  4:07pm, Dave Yost wrote:
> } Subject: shell script that replaces the command line
> }
> } Can a shell function replace the command line contents? I know a
> } widget can do it, but I can't see a way for a shell function to do
> } that.
> 
> The "print -z ..." command loads the buffer stack, which is then popped
> into the editor buffer at the next prompt (e.g., after the calling
> function/script exits).

Re: shell script that replaces the command line

[Dave Yost]

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Thanks.

This is OK,
0 Fri 0:08:54 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
215 Z% print -z echo foo
0 Fri 0:09:33 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
216 Z% echo foo

but there must be a way to replace the current command line rather than setting the contents of the next one, yes?

On Thu 2014-06-12, at 11:40 PM, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:

> On Jun 12,  4:07pm, Dave Yost wrote:
> } Subject: shell script that replaces the command line
> }
> } Can a shell function replace the command line contents? I know a
> } widget can do it, but I can't see a way for a shell function to do
> } that.
> 
> The "print -z ..." command loads the buffer stack, which is then popped
> into the editor buffer at the next prompt (e.g., after the calling
> function/script exits).

Re: shell script that replaces the command line

[Bart Schaefer]

On Jun 13,  2:34pm, Dave Yost wrote:
}
} but there must be a way to replace the current command line rather
} than setting the contents of the next one, yes?

Not from outside a widget, no.  Only widget functions have access to
the current editor state.

But I'm not clear on why you need to do so?  In your original example,
the "d" function would just "print -z previously-backgrounded-command"
and then exit, at which point a new prompt would appear and pop the
buffer stack so you'd have "previously-backgrounded-command" sitting
there ready to edit.

What part of the flow am I not seeing?

If what you want is for "d" to present a line for editing, wait for the
editor, and then continue execution after the editor returns, then what
you want is to call the "vared" command from "d".

example_d() {
  local foo="echo this is the command to edit"
  vared -e -h -p "Do your editing: " foo && eval $foo
}

There are a bunch of options to vared to manipulate the state in which
the editor starts/runs.

Re: shell script that replaces the command line

[Dave Yost]

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Thanks.

vared will do.

http://yost.com/computers/d

Dave

On Fri 2014-06-13, at 03:02 PM, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:

> On Jun 13,  2:34pm, Dave Yost wrote:
> }
> } but there must be a way to replace the current command line rather
> } than setting the contents of the next one, yes?
> 
> Not from outside a widget, no.  Only widget functions have access to
> the current editor state.
> 
> But I'm not clear on why you need to do so?  In your original example,
> the "d" function would just "print -z previously-backgrounded-command"
> and then exit, at which point a new prompt would appear and pop the
> buffer stack so you'd have "previously-backgrounded-command" sitting
> there ready to edit.
> 
> What part of the flow am I not seeing?
> 
> If what you want is for "d" to present a line for editing, wait for the
> editor, and then continue execution after the editor returns, then what
> you want is to call the "vared" command from "d".
> 
> example_d() {
>  local foo="echo this is the command to edit"
>  vared -e -h -p "Do your editing: " foo && eval $foo
> }
> 
> There are a bunch of options to vared to manipulate the state in which
> the editor starts/runs.

Re: shell script that replaces the command line

[Mikael Magnusson]

On 13 June 2014 23:34, Dave Yost <Dave@yost.com> wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> This is OK,
> 0 Fri 0:08:54 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
> 215 Z% print -z echo foo
> 0 Fri 0:09:33 DaveBook yost /Users/yost
> 216 Z% echo foo
>
> but there must be a way to replace the current command line rather than setting the contents of the next one, yes?

You can most likely use zle -F to do what you want, but it would be
somewhat messy.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson