bashball

Tool for creating self-contained executable multi-file script.

How to install:

Automatically:

• To install bashball on /bin/bashball

curl -Ls 'https://tinyurl.com/yxlx25wt' | sudo bash

• To customize installation paths and behaviours, see --help

curl -Ls 'https://tinyurl.com/yxlx25wt' | sudo bash -s -- --help

Manually:

• Download bashball
• Add bashball to /bin.

Usage:

Build:

bashball main.sh .. <other_scripts> > out.bb

To run simply do bash out.bb.

Run scripts during developement:

bash <(bashball main.sh .. <other_scripts>)

Extract script from bashball

Use bashball -d <file> > <file>.tar to extract the sources of a bashball script in a tar file.

Edit bashball in place

bashball -e <file.bb> will open your default editor to edit the compiled source. (editor MUST support tar editing, like ViM)

WARNING :

• There MUST be a file named main.sh in the root of the *.bb file.
• Use source <file> for internal files (i.e. files in the *.bb) or . <file> for local files (i.e. where the *.bb is being launched from).