Pearl

DEPRECATED: Please take a look at the newer version of pearl here https://github.com/pearl-core/pearl

pearl - The package manager for Linux shells

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Description

pearl is an enhanced and lightweight shell framework that allows to improve the way of using the shell Bash/Zsh/Fish and automate many daily activities of the system administrator. pearl comes bundled with a ton of helpful functions, helpers, plugins, aliases, configuration files and commands, all out of the box.

The main goal of pearl is to provide for both expert and beginner users a starting point, respectively, for using quickly the shell terminal and learning how to create customized functions, aliases and managing configuration files of the main open source programs.

pearl is not meant to give static configurations for the users but it provides the freedom to customize them as much as you want.

Only in the best shell you will find a pearl!

Installation

The main Pearl dependencies are:

Installation for Bash/Zsh

Just clone the Pearl repo somewhere (for example in ~/.pearl):

git clone 'https://github.com/fsquillace/pearl.git' $HOME/.pearl
export PATH=$HOME/.pearl/bin:$PATH
pearl install

Put the following in your shell config file (i.e. ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc)" source $HOME/.pearl/pearl

Installation for Fish

Just clone the Pearl repo somewhere (for example in ~/.pearl):

git clone 'https://github.com/fsquillace/pearl.git' $HOME/.pearl
set PATH $HOME/.pearl/bin $PATH
pearl install

Put the following in your shell config file (i.e. ~/.config/fish/config.fish)" source $HOME/.pearl/pearl.fish

Additional Pearl modules to install

Some useful Pearl modules to install:

pearl install pearl/utils
pearl install pearl/dotfiles

Quickstart

Install the pearl utils mod:

pearl install pearl/utils
Trash safely a file/directory instead of deleting it through rm:

trash myfile
Add a directory to a bookmark:

cd -a mytag ~/documents
To cd to a marked directory:

cd -g mytag
To open tmux session on a marked directory:

tmux -g mytag
How to use pearl as an IDE
much much more… take a look at the list of modules for what 'pearl' offers…

pearl list

Usage

To update pearl:

pearl update
To remove completely and safely pearl:

pearl remove

Modules

To list the modules

pearl list
To install ranger module

pearl install misc/ranger
To remove the ranger module

pearl remove misc/ranger

List of main modules are:

powerline - statusline plugin for vim and more
ranger - A ncurses file manager
vim-syntastic - Syntax checking hacks for vim
vim-python-mode
pearl-ssh
pearl-man
and much more...

Dotfiles

After installed the pearl mod pearl-dotfiles:

To list all the configurations

pearl-dotfiles list
To enable the vim configuration

pearl-dotfiles enable vimrc
To disable the vim configuration

pearl-dotfiles enable vimrc

The file $HOME/.config/pearl/pearlrc is the user-defined config that contains all the settings done from the user. This can be useful when you want to override some aliases, variables or pearl scripts.

Help

Just type one of the manuals you need in:

man pearl.<TAB>

FAQ

Q: I cannot remove modules: error: pathspec 'deinit' did not match any file(s) known to git.

A: deinit command is available only for newer git releases >=1.8.

Q: What if I want to override some configuration properties?

A: The override configuration can be done directly to the traditional config file of the tool since it will have the highest priority. For example, to override some properties of vim, just edit the '~/.vimrc' file.

Files

pearl creates a config directory in ~/.config/pearl which include several config files. All the temporary directories of the associated shell are stored in ~/.config/pearl/tmp.

The bookmark paths are stored into ~/.config/pearl/bookmarks. The TODOs are stored into ~/.config/pearl/todos. The commands are stored in ~/.config/pearl/commands.

Copyright

Copyright  (C) 2008-2016 Free  Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission  is  granted to make and distribute verbatim copies
of this document provided the copyright notice and  this  per‐
mission notice are preserved on all copies.

Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions
of this document under the conditions  for  verbatim  copying,
provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed
under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one.

Permission is granted to copy and distribute  translations  of
this  document  into  another language, under the above condi‐
tions for  modified  versions,  except  that  this  permission
notice  may  be  stated  in a translation approved by the Free
Software Foundation.

Bugs

Of course there is no bug in pearl. But there may be unexpected behaviors. Go to 'https://github.com/fsquillace/pearl/issues' you can report directly this unexpected behaviors.

Authors

Filippo Squillace feel.sqoox@gmail.com.

WWW

https://github.com/fsquillace/pearl

Last words

Consider your origins:
You were not born to live like brutes
but to follow virtue and knowledge.
[verse, Dante Alighieri, from Divine Comedy]