ndpath is a command-line tool for managing and editing the PATH
environment variables. It provides an interactive interface to view, add, remove, and reorder directories in your PATH.
ndpath is a Python port of the pathos tool, which is written in Go. As the maintainer of ndpath, my motivation for creating this port is that I don't have sufficient knowledge of Go to contribute to the upstream development of pathos. Therefore, ndpath is intended to be a hard fork rather than a soft fork, allowing for independent development and maintenance.
To install ndpath, you need to have Python installed on your system. You can install ndpath using pip:
pip install ndpath
To use ndpath, simply run the following command in your terminal:
ndpath
This will launch the interactive interface of ndpath that will allow you to view, add, remove, and reorder paths in your PATH
. You should also source the .pathos.env
file in your shell configuration file (e.g., .bashrc
, .zshrc
, etc.) to load the modified PATH
into your shell environment.
source ~/.pathos.env
ndpath provides the following features:
- View the current list of directories in your
PATH
- Add new directories to your
PATH
- Remove directories from your
PATH
- Reorder directories in your
PATH
- Save changes to your
PATH
permanently
ndpath supports the following keyboard shortcuts:
q
- Quit the program (you will be prompted to save changes)k
or↑
- Move the selection cursor upj
or↓
- Move the selection cursor downo
- Insert a new directory below the selected directoryO
- Insert a new directory above the selected directoryx
- Delete the selected directoryX
- Delete all non-existent directories from yourPATH
D
- Deduplicate the list of directories in yourPATH
S
- Manually save changes to yourPATH
ndpath stores the modified PATH
in a file named .ndpath.env
in your home directory.
This file is loaded by ndpath on startup and is updated whenever you save changes to your PATH.
Contributions to ndpath are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.
ndpath is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.
ndpath is inspired by and based on the pathos tool. Special thanks to the creators and contributors of pathos for their work.