pathos - CLI for editing a PATH env variable

Ruby Version

chip/pathos.rb

Go Version

This is the Go version.

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:

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:

Key	Description
k	Move up the list of directories
j	Move down the list of directories
l	Move to the next page
h	Move to the previous page
g/home	Move to the top of the list
G/end	Move to the end of the list
q	Quit pathos (does NOT save changes)
?	Toggle between regular and full help

Commands

Key	Description
N	Add a new directory to the list at the current cursor position
D	Delete a directory at the current cursor position
S	Save all changes made to the list of directories