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Mr Green

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Registered: 2010-11-07

Posts: 3,749

acf a script to search and edit config files

Something some may find useful is a way of opening config files in an editor by using just their name

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# acf by Mr Green

term="sudo lxterminal -e <editor> "
search=$1

# Message if no file name given
function usage()
{
echo $"Usage: $0 <file/config_name>"
echo $"or use pacnew or pacsave to find"
echo  "pacman installed files"
}

# Check for pacnew or pacsave in search
case $search in
  pacnew) search='*.pacnew' 
  ;;
  pacsave) search='*.pacsave'
  ;;
  conf) search='*.conf'
  ;; 
  *) [ -z $search ] && usage && exit 1
  ;;
esac

# Search for file in /etc and users home directory
find /etc $HOME -name "${search}" -type f 2>/dev/null -exec ${term} '{}' \;

Just change <editor> to your chosen editor

Use

acf <file name>

acf pacnew

acf will search for all pacnew files in /etc

acf pacman.conf

Will load up /etc/pacman.conf in your editor

If acf finds more than one config/file with the same name it will open them all

Questions or suggestion welcome

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