cpy_pst script

README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ A collection of (useful) bash scripts for Linux.
 
 ## How to use
 
+If nothing other is written, do this:
+
  1. Download the script you want.
  2. Run ``chmod +x script.sh`` to make it executable
  3. Run it with ``./script.sh``
@@ -13,6 +15,21 @@ A script for automatically creating PDf files from a latex document. You can set
 
 **Usage:** ``./buildpdf.sh filename [build amount] [time between builds in s]``
 
+## cpy_pst
+
+A small but useful script for copying and pasting files and directories once or more often.
+
+**Install:** ``sudo make install``
+
+**Usage:**
+
+```
+cpy filename # Copies a file / directory
+pst filename # Pasts a file / directory
+```
+
+**Remove:** ``sudo make uninstall``
+
 ## intellij-hidpi.sh
 
 This is a small script for enabling and disabling HiDPI support on IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition on every Linux distribution where IntelliJ is installed in /usr/share/intellijidea-ce/. If the installation is somewhere else you have to change the variable IDEA_PATH.

cpy_pst/Makefile

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+all:
+
+install:
+	cp cpy.sh /usr/bin/cpy
+	cp pst.sh /usr/bin/pst
+
+uninstall:
+	rm /usr/bin/cpy
+	rm /usr/bin/pst

cpy_pst/README.md

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+# cpy_pst
+
+A small but useful script for copying and pasting files and directories once or more often.
+
+**Install:** ``sudo make install``
+
+**Usage:**
+
+```
+cpy filename # Copies a file / directory
+pst filename # Pasts a file / directory
+```
+
+**Remove:** ``sudo make uninstall``

cpy_pst/cpy.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is a small script for copy pasting files and directories.
+#
+# Marcel Kapfer (mmk2410) <marcelmichaelkapfer@yahoo.co.nz>
+#
+# 15 August 2015
+#
+# GNU GPL v3
+#
+# Version: 0.1 -> feel free to redistribute or fork it
+
+FILE=/tmp/cpypst
+
+function copy {
+    if [[ -d "$FILE" ]]; then
+        rm -rf $FILE
+    elif [[ -f "$FILE" ]]; then
+        rm $FILE
+    fi
+    if [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
+        cp -R $1 $FILE
+    elif [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
+        cp $1 $FILE
+    fi
+}
+
+usage=$(
+cat<<EOF
+COPY AND PASTE
+for the terminal
+
+Usage: cpy args
+
+   -h | --help          Prints this help text
+
+mmk2410
+marcel-kapfer.de
+EOF
+)
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+    echo
+    echo "$usage"
+    echo
+    exit
+elif [[ -z "$2" ]]; then
+    copy $1
+else
+    until [[ $1 == -- ]]; do
+        case $1 in
+            -h | --help )
+                echo
+                echo "$usage"
+                echo
+                exit
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi

cpy_pst/pst.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# A small script for copy pasting files and directories.
+#
+# Marcel Kapfer (mmk2410) <marcelmichaelkapfer@yahoo.co.nz>
+#
+# 15 August 2015
+#
+# GNU GPL v3 -> feel free to re-distribute of fork it
+#
+# Version: 0.1
+
+FILE=/tmp/cpypst
+
+function paste {
+    if [[ -d "$FILE" ]]; then
+        cp -R "$FILE" "$1"
+    elif [[ -f "$FILE" ]]; then
+        cp $FILE $1
+    fi
+}
+
+
+usage=$(
+cat<<EOF
+COPY AND PASTE
+for the terminal
+
+Usage: pst filename
+
+   -h | --help          Prints this help text
+
+mmk2410
+marcel-kapfer.de
+EOF
+)
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+    echo
+    echo "$usage"
+    echo
+    exit
+elif [[ -z "$2" ]]; then
+    paste $1
+else
+    until [[ $1 == -- ]]; do
+        case $1 in
+            -h | --help )
+                echo
+                echo "$usage"
+                echo
+                exit
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi