#!/bin/sh # This spell allows you to add or remove directories from your PATH environment variable permanently. # It uses the 'grep' and 'sed' commands to search and edit the '.bashrc' file in your home directory. # Check if the correct number of arguments was provided if [ "$#" -ne 1 ] && [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then echo "Error: This spell requires one or two arguments: 'add' or 'remove' and an optional directory path." exit 1 fi # Set the action and directory variables action=$1 directory=$2 # Check if the action is 'add' or 'remove' if [ "$action" != "add" ] && [ "$action" != "remove" ]; then echo "Error: The first argument must be 'add' or 'remove'." exit 1 fi # Check if the directory path was provided if [ -z "$directory" ]; then # If no directory path was provided, use the current directory directory=$(pwd) else # If a directory path was provided, expand the '~' character if necessary directory="${directory/#\~/$HOME}" fi # Check if the directory exists if [ ! -d "$directory" ]; then echo "Error: The directory does not exist." exit 1 fi # Check if the '.bashrc' file exists in the home directory if [ ! -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then echo "Error: The '.bashrc' file does not exist in your home directory." exit 1 fi # Check if the directory is already in the PATH variable if grep -q "$directory" "$HOME/.bashrc"; then # If the directory is already in the PATH variable, check if the action is 'add' if [ "$action" = "add" ]; then echo "The directory is already in your PATH." exit 0 fi # If the action is 'remove' and the directory is already in the PATH variable, remove the directory from the PATH variable using the 'sed' command sed -i "\|$directory|d" "$HOME/.bashrc" echo "The directory has been removed from your PATH." else # If the directory is not in the PATH variable, check if the action is 'add' if [ "$action" = "add" ]; then # If the action is 'add', append the directory to the PATH variable in the '.bashrc' file echo "export PATH=\$PATH:$directory" >> "$HOME/.bashrc" echo "The directory has been added to your PATH." else # If the action is 'remove' and the directory is not in the PATH variable, display an error message echo "Error: The directory is not in your PATH." exit 1 fi fi if [ "$action" = "add" ]; then echo "The changes to your PATH will not take effect until you open a new terminal or run the 'source ~/.bashrc' command in your current terminal." else echo "The changes to your PATH will not take effect until you open a new terminal." fi