announcement : link-batch.zsh, to generate symlinks batches

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Shell Scripting@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1838642

link-batch is a minimalist script that generate symlinks from a list in a text file. Usage :
link-batch.zsh link-list.txt
where link-list.txt contains two columns : the first one for the links and the second one for the targets. Example :
~/.config/kitty	~/myfiles/config/kitty
~/.config/nvim	~/myfiles/config/neovim
~/.config/MuseScore	~/myfiles/config/MuseScore/$HOST
...
The two columns must be separated by a tab.

Shell vars like $HOME or $HOST are evaluated to their values.

Can be used to quickly deploy all home links in a fresh box.

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