utility

August 10, 2026 · View on GitHub

Common shell utilities, aimed at making cross-platform work less painful.

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This plugin adds the following functions:

function	description
`sedi <args>`	Cross-platform `sed -i` that works on both GNU and BSD `sed`.
`copyfile <file>`	Copy a file's contents to the clipboard.
`copypath [path]`	Copy an absolute path to the clipboard, defaulting to `$PWD`.

This plugin adds/modifies the following aliases:

alias	description
`help`	`run-help`: show help for shell builtins and commands
`ls`	Adds `-h` flag for human readable file sizes
`python`	Alias to `python3` if `python` is not found
`pip`	Alias to `pip3` if `pip` is not found
`envsubst`	Python fallback if `envsubst` is not found
`hd`	`hexdump -C` if `hd` is not found
`open`	Platform alias (`cygstart`, `termux-open`, or `xdg-open`) if not found
`pbcopy`	Platform clipboard copy alias if not found
`pbpaste`	Platform clipboard paste alias if not found

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