pathshorten

A smaller representation of a full filepath.

Instalation

go get github.com/m00qek/pathshorten

Using in bash prompt

Here is a simple example on how to use it in your bash/zsh prompt:

export PS1='$(pathshorten -s "$PWD") \$ '

How it works?

It works similarly to the function pathshorten in vim: it shows the first letter of each directory of the path, except the latest one. For example, if your $HOME directory is /home/quincas and you are trying to shorten the path of a symlink directory at /home/quincas/.theories/humanitas, you have the following options:

command	result
`pathshorten /home/quincas/.theories/humanitas`	`~/.t/humanitas`
`pathshorten -s /home/quincas/.theories/humanitas`	`~/.t/humanitas@`
`pathshorten -a /home/quincas/.theories/humanitas`	`/h/q/.t/humanitas`
`pathshorten -sa /home/quincas/.theories/humanitas`	`/h/q/.t/humanitas@`

API

Prints a shortened version of a directory absolute path.

Usage:
  pathshorten [options] <path>
  pathshorten --help
  pathshorten --version

Options:
  -s --show-symlinks  Append a '@' to directories that are symbolic links.
  -a --absolute       Do not use '~' as a shortcut for $HOME.
  -h --help           Show this message.
  -v --version        Show version.