Wrote a function called 'vis' for editing scripts

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bash/bashrc.d/vim.bash b/bash/bashrc.d/vim.bash
index cad63a46..27758fd2 100644
--- a/bash/bashrc.d/vim.bash
+++ b/bash/bashrc.d/vim.bash
@@ -8,3 +8,36 @@ alias ex='vim -e'
 alias vi='vim'
 alias view='vim -R'
 
+# Create or edit a script in $PATH, creating in $HOME/.local/bin
+vis() {
+    local arg cmd file endopts
+    local -a opts cmds files
+
+    # Distinguish options from file arguments
+    endopts=0
+    for arg in "$@"; do
+        if [[ $arg == -- ]]; then
+            endopts=1
+        elif [[ $arg == -* ]] && ! ((endopts)); then
+            opts=("${opts[@]}" "$arg")
+        else
+            cmds=("${cmds[@]}" "$arg")
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # Check all the commands, if they don't exist, we'll create them
+    for cmd in "${cmds[@]}"; do
+        if ! file=$(type -P "${cmd##*/}"); then
+            mkdir -p "$HOME"/.local/bin || exit
+            file="$HOME"/.local/bin/"${cmd##*/}"
+        fi
+        files=("${files[@]}" "$file")
+    done
+
+    # Run Vim with all the options and full path file arguments
+    command vim "${opts[@]}" -- "${files[@]}"
+}
+
+# Complete the vis function with command names
+complete -A command vis
+