codewizz/shell-daddy

Inspired by Gankra/cargo-daddy

This is a shell script that provides a daddy function which emulates a nurturing and supportive figure. The daddy function can be used to offer praise and encouraging responses to a user's actions, depending on the exit status of the command that is passed to it.

By default, the text will be output in a light blur to stderr. You can change this to a light pink if you find that more encouraging.

I hope this will serve to improve the efficiency of your workflow and general mental health. Please use responsibly.

Installation

To use the daddy function, you can source the shell-daddy.sh script in your current shell or add it to your ~/.bashrc file to have it available every time you open a new terminal.

source shell-daddy.sh

. /path/to/shell-daddy.sh

If you'd like it to always show a message after each command, you can define a custom PROMPT_COMMAND like so:

export PROMPT_COMMAND="daddy \\$\\(exit \$?\\); $PROMPT_COMMAND"

Configuration

The daddy function has several customizable options that can be set using environment variables:

• SHELL_daddyS_LITTLE: Sets the affectionate term that daddy will use to refer to the user. The default value is "girl".
• SHELL_daddyS_PRONOUNS: Sets the pronouns that daddy will use to refer to itself. The default value is "her".
• SHELL_daddyS_ROLES: Sets the role that daddy will have. The default value is "daddy".
• SHELL_daddyS_COLOR: Sets the color of the text output by daddy. The default value is a light pink color.
• SHELL_daddyS_ONLY_NEGATIVE: If set to true, daddy will provide encouragement (on non-zero exit status) but not praise. This will keep clutter down if you intend to use daddy as a PROMPT_COMMAND.
• SHELL_daddyS_NEGATIVE_RESPONSES/SHELL_daddyS_POSITIVE_RESPONSES: Sets the possible responses that daddy will use. This should be in the form of a bash array and will override the default responses. Want Samuel L. Jackson to chastise or compliment you? Now you can!

To add multiple possible values, separate them with a forward slash, for example:

export SHELL_daddyS_LITTLE="child/girl/boy"
# ...
$ daddy ls
README.md  shell-daddy.sh
awe, what a good boy~
daddy knew you could do it~ ❤️
$ daddy ls
README.md  shell-daddy.sh
good girl~
daddy's so proud of you~ ❤️
$ daddy ls
README.md  shell-daddy.sh
daddy thinks his little child earned a big hug~ ❤️

Usage

To use the daddy function, simply pass a command as an argument and daddy will provide a supportive response based on the exit status of the command. Depending on the exit status, daddy will provide a response of praise or encouragement.

daddy ls
# Output: Good boy! daddy's so proud of you! ❤️

daddy this-command-does-not-exist
# Output: Just a little further, sweetie~ ❤️

Example

# Set custom affectionate term and pronouns
export SHELL_daddyS_LITTLE="kiddo"
export SHELL_daddyS_PRONOUNS="them"

# Use the daddy function to run a command
daddy ls

# Output:
# That's a good kiddo~ ❤️