ed

a tool i build to edit my nixos config (there's probably a better way)

Readme version 2.0 | latest is 2.0

install

1. download the latest release binary for your architecture
2. add the binary to your PATH or a PATH location

usage

ed is a very simple application

use case 1

to edit system config do:

ed -s <KEYWORD>

in this case ed will search through /etc/nixos/ for any files starting with your <KEYWORD> and open them.
your sudoer application will prompt you for your password to edit the file it found.

example:

ed -s gra

This command will open my editor to any file starting with 'gra' in my SYSCONF path or '/etc/nixos/', finding my 'graphics.nix' file

use case 2

to edit a file do:

ed file_name.txt

this will open your editor to that file relative to the location where the command was run

enviroment variables

using this application will be much easier if 3 specific enviroment variables are set:
'EDITOR', 'SUDOER', and 'SYSCONF'
set EDITOR to your editor command, e.g. nano, vi, etc
set SUDOER to your sudoer command, e.g. sudo, doas, etc
set SYSCONF to your system configuration directory, e.g. '/etc/nixos/, etc

if these enviroment variables are not set it will prompt you for them every time you run ed

flags

'-s' allows you to edit your system config, long-form alt is '--system'

compiling from source

to compile from source clone this repo then build 'ed.go' with go build ed.go

to do

• Add multi system configuration path support
• Add searching of system configuration path subdirectories for system configuration files

License

License: GPL v3

This project is licensed under the GPLv3 License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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