Show HN: Basht – A bash shell that handles multitasking better(github.com)
2 pointsby samiam951245 hours ago2 comments
  • samiam951245 hours ago
    I adapted the bash shell 5.3 to more easily handle tasking. Each command & has its output gathered into lines and each line is tagged and send to the output with a preamble. The bash input stays on the command line and you can type command lines, select history, anything, even while the background tasks output appears above that:

      [ping:1:2814536:59] 64 bytes from ...: icmp_seq=58 ttl=113 time=28.7 ms
  [bash:0:2814530:9] samiam@samiam-h-pc-2:~/projects/basht$ ll *.md
  [ls:7:2814564:1] -rw-rw-r-- 1 samiam samiam  9790 Aug 10 15:01 basht_plan.md
  [ls:7:2814564:2] -rw-rw-r-- 1 samiam samiam  3921 Aug 10 15:43 README.md
  [ping:1:2814536:62] 64 bytes from ...: icmp_seq=61 ttl=113 time=26.8 ms
  [bash:0:2814530:10] samiam@samiam-h-pc-2:~/projects/basht$
    Other that the task adaption, it is stock bash and can be substituted for regular bash.
    • chmaynard5 hours ago
      Did you propose adding this capability to bash with the project maintainer(s)? If so, what was their response? If not, why not?
      • samiam951244 hours ago
        PS this can work with any shell, not just bash.
      • samiam951244 hours ago
        I sent the maintainers a message about it yes. I'll leave that up to them how to respond. I can see pros and cons to incorporation. I'll look forward to that discussion. Frankly I'd be thrilled if they did adopt it. In the meantime it's a usable fork of bash.

        Thanks for the question.

  • 5 hours ago
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