josselinsomervilleroberts / josscustomcommands

Custom commands for Ubuntu used for my work. This includes commands to start and stop with a single command some AWS EC2 instances

Custom commands

This repository contains my personal commands.

Installation

To install the commands, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository: git clone <URL>
2. Add the following line to your .profile: export PATH=$PATH":<PATH_TO_THIS_REPO>"
3. Make sure that the commands are executable: chmod +x <PATH_TO_THIS_REPO>/*
4. Reload .profile with: source ~/.profile
5. Install the required python packages (Python 3): pip install -r requirements.txt

Current commands

Right now there are:

• hello: prints "Hello, World!" (test command)
• aws-start <NAME>: starts the AWS EC2 instance with the given name
• aws-stop <NAME>: stops the AWS EC2 instance with the given name

Adding a new command

When you want to add a command command, follow these steps:

1. Create a new file command in this directory
2. Make it executable: chmod +x command
3. Reload .profile with: source ~/.profile