take - Cross-platform Directory Navigation

A cross-platform implementation that works in bash, PowerShell and cmd, inspired by the ZSH take command. (utterly copied)

Features

• Creates and changes into directories in one command
• Supports nested directory creation
• Handles git repository cloning
• Downloads and extracts archives (tar.gz, tgz, tar.bz2, tar.xz, zip)
• Works with relative and absolute paths
• Supports Unicode and special characters
• Handles home directory (~) expansion
• Platform-aware path handling
• Git repository support (HTTPS/SSH)

Installation

Unix (bash)

Add to your .bashrc:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deblasis/take/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Or manually add to your .bashrc:

take() {
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
        echo "Usage: take <directory|git-url|archive-url>" >&2
        return 1
    fi
    take_result=$(take-cli "$1")
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        cd "$take_result"
    else
        echo "$take_result" >&2
        return 1
    fi
}

PowerShell

iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deblasis/take/main/scripts/install.ps1 -useb | iex

Or manually add to your PowerShell profile:

function Take {
    param([string]$Path)
    if (-not $Path) {
        Write-Error "Usage: Take <directory|git-url|archive-url>"
        return
    }
    $result = take-cli $Path
    if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
        Set-Location $result
    } else {
        Write-Error $result
    }
}

Usage

Create and Change to Directory

# Create single directory
take mynewdir

# Create nested directories
take path/to/new/dir

# Use absolute paths
take /absolute/path/to/dir

# Use home directory
take ~/new/dir

Clone Git Repository

# Clone via HTTPS
take https://github.com/user/repo.git

# Clone via SSH
take [email protected]:user/repo.git

# Shallow clone
take -depth 1 https://github.com/user/repo.git

Download and Extract Archives

# Extract tar archives
take https://example.com/archive.tar.gz
take https://example.com/archive.tgz
take https://example.com/archive.tar.bz2
take https://example.com/archive.tar.xz

# Extract ZIP archives
take https://example.com/archive.zip

Options

-depth N    Git clone depth (0 for full clone)
-force      Force operation even if directory exists
-version    Show version information

Development

Building

go build ./cmd/take

Testing

go test ./...

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'feat: add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.