rn

Overview

rn is an organised dumping ground for quick experiments.

Be honest - how many files with names like test-something do you have scattered around your user directory? rn offers an instant way of creating these folders, with a single short command, out of the way of all of your other files.

Everything gets put into directories in ~/.rn. If something becomes important, move it out of there!

Usage

You don't need to give a name:

aaron:~$ rn
Created: ~/.rn/2019-08-22-1438/
aaron:~/.rn/2019-08-22-1438$

...but you can give a name if you like:

aaron:~$ rn my first test
Created: ~/.rn/2019-08-22-1438-my-first-test/
aaron:~/.rn/2019-08-22-1438-my-first-test$

You can even specify a command you'd like to run immediately. For example, to create a new directory and then run code . inside it, you can make +code the first argument:

aaron:~$ rn +code ide test 
Created: ~/.rn/2019-08-22-1438-ide-code/
Running: code .
aaron:~/.rn/2019-08-22-1438-ide-code$ # VS Code is now open in the directory

Installation

rn is a bash function. Either source it in your ~/.bashrc, or just copy-paste it in.