pathos - CLI for editing a PATH env variable

Background

If you're like me, you might have a number of export PATH statements littering your shell resource file (e.g., .zshrc, .bashrc, etc). Over time, many directory entries get added and revised. Those that remain eventually become unnecessary, are mistakenly duplicated, or represent directories that no longer exist on the system. This is my attempt at cleaning up PATH environment variable. Hopefully, others will find this to be useful.

Demo

Built with the following:

• Go
• Bubble Tea
• Bubbles
• Lip Gloss

Installation

go install github.com/chip/pathos@latest

IMPORTANT

Be sure to save your changes with S (uppercase letter S) before quitting pathos, as changes will not be saved automatically.

Each time you save your changes to the directory list, pathos will build a revised export $PATH statement that is written to $HOME/pathos.sh.

To use the new PATH, ~/pathos.sh MUST BE SOURCED to take effect within your shell.

source $HOME/pathos.sh

Navigation

Like any typical Bubble Tea app, you have the following keys that are available for navigation:

Commands

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