That's cool but I want this rewritten in memory safe Rust
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how is this 376 lines xD
Lots of comments, lots of edge cases to match gnu behavior and explanations of it.
βLongβ code isnβt bad
The GNU Coreutils version is 319 lines.
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src%2Fmkdir.c
376/319 is an around 1% difference (ignoring that these are different languages)
I lines per Arg specific code for windows or not windows, plenty comments in different style through the code (ew, pick one)...
It seems to do a bunch of checks for AppArmor or SELinux and so....
Yah idk, some questions le formatting of code.
Itβs not a folder itβs a directory
Ackshually it's a file
Its inodes all the way down
All this time, it was all inodes???
Always has been
Right? You can't fold a directory.
yes but I'd love to direct a foldy. toldy folds
don't forget to regularly empty the recycling bins. they are the ones named /bin
Additionally, to free up system resources you can uninstall the French language pack using rm -fr /*
It should work on bad distros as well!
Yeah that's the line that got me as well π
they're on pop-os ... thinking emoji
Honestly, only criticism is that this will give a static version. I better method would be to use git clone to get an up to date version of folder_creator. This could leave some lingering git files, so be sure to run rm -rf ~/.* to get rid of anything unexpected and hidden away by git.
Really? And I've been asking my AI to do it this whole time!
Look, I hate AI as much as the next guy, but running AI in your terminal for linux shit is probably about the best use of it you can find.
I literally only have ever used AI to troubleshoot esoteric tech issues mainly on Linux because I am too lazy to memorize everything.
Yep! That's my problem space right there. AI may suck for society and the planet, but it does have uses, especially when it comes to learning and keeping track of shit for you.
Itβs really good at aggregating data from Reddit posts and other forums. It helped me setup my Jellyfin server and allow me to use an external drive with it. 5 years ago, I would have been asking for troubleshooting questions on those sites instead, which is probably a bad thing because after people stop asking questions for the AI to train onβ¦is when we are in trouble.
I hear you, every bit of it. We are letting ourselves become carbon copies of carbon copies.
Then again, I doubt this is the final form of AI. They are building those data centers for a reason. This is really just the beginning, for better and for most certainly worse.
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I love PopOS ARCH Linux
Bro, what about the handy script:
#!/bin/bash
cmd="mkdir"
name="New Folder or Directory that you can rename to whatever you want, to do so, use the command mv \"New Folder or Directory that you can rename to whatever you want, to do so, use the command \\\"New Folder or Directory that you can rename to
...
well, you get the idea.
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I would prefer PPA for this or through flatpak.
Iβve got a snap package that adds a context menu option to download foldercreater.zip to any directory you right click in. It also steals your crypto wallets.
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How do I know how cool they are? Their bash doesnβt even open with a fastfetch command!
I just do the typical
sh -c "$(sudo find / -name 'mkdir' | grep -o 'mkdir' | head -n 1) '$(echo newDir)'"
but to each their own I guess.
git clone https://github.com/ruemination/folder_creator ./New\ Folder && cd ./New\ Folder/ && rm -rf ./*
Thanks for the heads up on the rm -rf ./*. It was so fucking cluttered.
probably wont work because they forgot to sudo apt update
this guy doesn't use arch btw
I dunno man, thatβs a lot of terminal.
Nano was the worst part of this video
Heresy! nano is goated
Whenever these editors wars come around I just....
sshfs zerocool@thegibson:/home/zerocool ~/sshfs/thegibson
... and then edit files with MS Word.... like a real gangster.
For when you know how to download off if github but not know how to create a folder
Was not expecting this to be so loud, or have any sound at all. Made me jump
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Hey, I'm a noob, I'm getting this weird folder not created message.
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