Motivation

This project aims to provide a alias creating tool in Windows for MSYS2 or GitBash users, to offer common alias across different shell enviroments.

How to install

1.Download and compile via makefile

git clone https://github.com/moskensoap/bcplink.git
cd bcplink
make

2.Copy the generated bcplink.exe to a directory included in your PATH.

Command-line Usage

Usage: bcplink [options] Alias Command [CommandParameters]

Options:

    -v, --v, -version, --version    Display version info.
    -h, --h, -help, --help          Display this help message.
    -bash, -cmd, -ps1               Manually choose the type of script to create.
    -y, -Y, -yes, -f, -F, -force    Force overwrite of existing scripts.

Arguments:

    Alias                   The name of the Alias files to be created: Alias.cmd Alias.ps1 Alias(for Bash).
    Command                 The Alias files will run the Command
    CommandParameters       Optional parameters of the Command.

Inspiration

This project was originally inspired by npm, bundled with node.js, which automatically creates scripts to run its packages.

Examples

reboot script

To create a reboot script, navigate to the directory included in your PATH where you want to store the scripts (e.g., D:/code/cmd), to run:

#CMD
D:
cd D:/code/cmd
#Powershell
cd D:/code/cmd
#bash
cd /d/code/cmd

and run:

bcplink reboot shutdown -r -t 0

Three scripts will be created in current directory.

reboot.cmd

@ECHO off
"shutdown" "-r" "-t" "0" %*

reboot.ps1

	# Support pipeline input
if ($MyInvocation.ExpectingInput) {
	$input | & "shutdown" "-r" "-t" "0" $args
} else {
	& "shutdown" "-r" "-t" "0" $args
}

reboot

#!/bin/sh
exec "shutdown" "-r" "-t" "0" "$@"

Using:

reboot

It will automatically call 'reboot.cmd' in CMD, call 'reboot.ps1' in PowerShell, call 'reboot' in Bash.

Version control for Python

Running the following command from any location:

bcplink "D:/code/cmd/python311" "D:\Develop\Python\Python311\python.exe"

will generate three scripts in 'D:/code/cmd' directory.

python311.cmd

@ECHO off
"D:\Develop\Python\Python311\python.exe" %*

python311.ps1

    # Support pipeline input
if ($MyInvocation.ExpectingInput) {
    $input | & "D:\Develop\Python\Python311\python.exe" $args
} else {
	& "D:\Develop\Python\Python311\python.exe" $args
}

python311

#!/bin/sh
exec "/d/Develop/Python/Python311/python.exe" "$@"

Other usefull link

#CMD
D:
cd D:/code/cmd
#Powershell
cd D:/code/cmd
#bash
cd /d/code/cmd

and run:

Create a Link to Show Git History in the Command Line

bcplink git-log git log --pretty=oneline --all --graph --abbrev-commit

Create a Link from "mingw32-make" to "make"

bcplink make mingw32-make

Run Lua with the CODE RUNNER Extension Without Setting in VS Code

bcplink lua lua54
bcplink luac luac54
bcplink wlua wlua54

make ls.exe alias like in ubuntu after adding msys64/usr/bin to PATH.

bcplink lc ls.exe --color=auto
bcplink lf ls.exe --color=auto -F
bcplink l ls.exe --color=auto -lh
bcplink ll ls.exe --color=auto -lah
bcplink la ls.exe --color=auto -A
bcplink lm ls.exe --color=auto -m
bcplink lr ls.exe --color=auto -R
bcplink lg ls.exe --color=auto -l --group-directories-first

make grep.exe alias like in ubuntu after adding msys64/usr/bin to PATH.

bcplink grepc grep.exe --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn,.idea,.tox}
bcplink grepe grep.exe -E --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn,.idea,.tox}
bcplink grepf grep.exe -F --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn,.idea,.tox}

make diff.exe alias like in ubuntu after adding msys64/usr/bin to PATH.

bcplink diffc diff.exe --color

nodejs version control

bcplink node20 D:\Develop\Nodejs\node-v20.9.0-win-x64\node
bcplink node18 D:\Develop\Nodejs\node-v18.17.1-win-x64\node.exe
bcplink npm20 D:\Develop\Nodejs\node-v20.9.0-win-x64\npm
bcplink npm18 D:\Develop\Nodejs\node-v18.17.1-win-x64\npm

Acknowledgements and Bug Reporting

Special Thanks to VS Code (https://code.visualstudio.com). If you have any suggestions or bug reports, don't hesitate to report them. Your feedback is invaluable to make this project better.