b

Your CLI brain - create list & items, view lists, view and copy items

Build

Running bun b will build the cli and then copy it into your $HOME/bin/. If that's in your path, you'll be ready to start using it directly.

Manually editing saved data

The CLI uses the $HOME/.config/ convention. It stores the /b/config.json file there that acts as the persistant data store for the b CLI.

Usage

Commands:
  b [list] [item] [value]     Your CLI brain - create list & items, view lists,
                              view and copy items                      [default]
  b dump                      Lists all lists and their items
  b remove <list> [item]      Removes a list or item    [aliases: rm, delete, d]

Positionals:
  list   The list to output or look in                                  [string]
  item   The item to look for                                           [string]
  value  The value to set item to                                       [string]

Options:
      --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]
      --help     Show help                                             [boolean]
  -e             Only echo the item                   [boolean] [default: false]
  -l             Look for only lists explicitely      [boolean] [default: false]

Core commands

b - output lists and how many items exist in each
b <list> - output the list's items if it exists, if not create a new list with the given name
b <item> - look in all lists and output and copy the item if found, use -e flag to only echo it
b <list> <item> - output and copy the item from the given list to clipboard, use -e flag to only echo it
b <list> <item> <value> - add the item with value to given list
b dump - output all known lists and all their items
b remove [list] [item] - remove the list or item

Tips

Echo flag

Tip

You can use the -e flag for using the value in other command line commands. i.e.

b places new-place $(pwd) # save the current directory as the 'new-place' item in the 'places' list

cd $(b places new-place -e) # change directories to the 'new-place' item

List flag

Tip

In cases where your argument could be a list or an item, use the -l flag to explicitely denote you're looking for lists. i.e.

b thing -l # output the 'thing' list even if there are items named 'thing' too

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