Gandalf is a script manager for Unix. It aims to provide a console interface to create and use scripts without polluting the /usr/local/bin folder.

In its current state, it arguably doesn't provide any read advantage over simply dropping script files in /usr/local/bin, but it's a fun side project.

• Installation
• Usage
  • Create
  • Edit
  • List
  • Remove
  • Run

There is currently no way to install Gandalf from any package manager or similar system. If you want to give it a try, however, you can always clone this reposiotry and create a symbolic link to gandalf.py in /usr/local/bin or any other folder included in your PATH.

Gandalf provides five basic commands:

Creates a new script file.

$ gandalf create {script-name} [-d {description}] [-e {editor}]

• script-name: the name that will be used to invoke this script.
• description: an optional string that will be provided when listing the script.
• editor: an optional editor name that will be used when editing the script file. Default is nano.

Updates an existing script.

$ gandalf edit {script-name} [-e {editor}]

• script-name: the name of the script that will be edited.
• editor: an optional editor name that will be used when editing the script file. Default is nano.

Lists all existing scripts. If a description argument has been provided when creating a script, it will be listed next to its name.

$ gandalf list

Removes and existing script.

$ gandalf remove {script-name}

• script-name: the name of the script that will be removed.

Executes a given script.

$ gandalf run {script-name} [-a {arguments}]

• script-name: the name of the script that will be executed.
• arguments: an optional list of arguments that will be provided to the script when invoked.

As a shortcut, the run command will be invoked when no command is provided.

$ gandalf {script-name} [-a {arguments}]

This will execute the script script-name.