SHell eXTender

Easily reuse code chunks across shell scripts.

Install

If you arrived by chance on this page, this is because an app requires shxt.sh to be installed. To fix this problem, simply run:

# Install as system level
curl -v https://mrjk.github.io/shxt/shxt.sh | sudo bash -s install

# Install for current user
curl -v https://mrjk.github.io/shxt/shxt.sh | bash -s install

Then run again you're app, it should work.

However, if you're here to use shxt.sh in your script or as shell manager, you're at the good place, please read on!

Using shxt in your scripts

shxt.sh virtually let you use and reuse common piece of code, usually available on internet. Shxt.sh takes advantage of this to provide a very minimalist but yet powerful tool to act as a simple dependency resolver for bash.

Thus a very basic and common way to use shxt.sh is to always start your scripts like this:

#!/bin/bash

# Auto install shxt
. shxt.sh || eval "$(curl -v https://mrjk.github.io/shxt/shxt.sh)"

Using shxt with your daily shell

You may want to live try shxt in your shell, thus try this:

. shxt.sh || eval "SHXT_NOINSTALL=true; $(curl -v https://mrjk.github.io/shxt/shxt.sh)"

Using shxt with in your bashrc

Store your public configs online, and access them if not available.

# .bashrc
# File bashrc managed by shxt.sh

# Run or auto-install shxt.sh
. shxt.sh || eval "$(curl -v https://mrjk.github.io/shxt/shxt.sh)"

# My shell config as lib
loader use lib bash_config https://raw.githubusercontent.com/USER/dotfiles/ref/head/master/.config/bash_config.sh