Show HN: Empty Enter Expander – Type less in the terminal with this tool

Summary

Type less in the terminal with this tool Empty Enter Expander inserts a command into the prompt with a few keystrokes. It is currently written for the zsh . The bash version is not published yet. Demo Commands are stored in a module directory that contains files and folders with lowercase letters at the beginning of their names, which act as shortcuts. The tool is activated by pressing Enter on an empty command. After that, the following keys are pressed to activate the commands:: 1 , 1 , 1 , Enter to change the directory to the project's folder , , , to change the directory to the project's folder g , s , Enter to view the git status , , to view the git status g , l , Enter to view the git log Prepare your commands Expander uses a directory where the commands are stored. It is called a module directory. The module directory might be located in ~/Tools/expander-example-module . Let's say you have a lengthy Git command. Prepare a script that will output it. Place the prepared script in the module directory within the subdirectory g Git and name the file l Log . # Contents of the example script # Save as "~/Tools/expander-example-module/g Git/l Log" echo ' git log --pretty=format:"%h %an : %s %d" --graph ' Note the use of lowercase letters at the beginning. These will serve as key shortcuts. You can now store your own commands in a structure that you prefer. Configure the tool Clone this project and configure the module directory along with the other settings. # Contents of the tool's configuration # Place it in the "~/.zprofile" file setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE export EMPTY_ENTER_EXPANDER_MODULE_PATH= " /Users/user/Tools/expander-module-one " source ~ /Tools/empty-enter-expander/zsh-function.zsh 2> /dev/null || : zle -N empty-enter-expander bindkey " ^M " empty-enter-expander Open a new shell to apply the configuration. Usage