/bm

CLI bookmarks -- dropbox persisted bookmarks in your terminal - view screenshots in your browser

Primary LanguageShell

## BM

Simple bash CLI bookmarks persisted by your ~/Dropbox, sporting a webkit2png-driven html screenshot browser, even grep the screenshots by tag and description:

$ bm view expressapp

$ make install
$ make uninstall

Example

Add a bookmark:

$ bm add http://subtlepatterns.com "tiling background images" design textures

Open it later:

$ bm subtle

Search for design related bookmarks:

cli bookmarks

Usage


Usage: bm [options] [cmd]

Commands:

  # add a bookmark with the given url, description, and optional tags
  $ bm add <url> [desc] [tag...]

  # open the first bookmark matching <query>
  $ bm open <query>
  $ bm <query>

  # search the bookmarks via full-text <query>
  $ bm search <query>

  # list bookmarks available
  $ bm list
  $ bm ls
  $ bm

  # view bookmark screenshots in your default browser
  $ bm view design
  $ bm view

  # clear all bookmarks
  $ bm clear

Options:

   -V, --version   output bm version
   -h, --help      output this help information

## Screenshots

Run bm view [query] to view the bookmark screenshots in your default browser. This requires webkit2png(1) (brew install webkit2png).

Later I'll make it so you can tweak the path, however for now the bookmarks are persisted to ~/Dropbox/bookmarks:

$ cat ~/Dropbox/bookmarks 
https://kippt.com|bookmark management|clean white design
http://subtlepatterns.com|tiling background images|design textures
http://www.uiparade.com|ui component designs|design ui