Creating a Check List Application in BASH

[@AndyRufasto]

If you used termux in your phone this application are extremly useful. I'm forgetful at work, this is great.

[@juancarlosm1983]

Thank you! I was looking for that While - read solution

[@BagFatsPc]

Great video. The fzf thing is really cool. You can also use the program dmenu in a similar way.

[@DigitalMetal]

Yeah, I use dmenu on my system, but I'm trying to use fzf for most things. That way if I ssh into my machine, I don't have to do anything different. Or, on my phone, where I have a shell, but no Xorg, my scripts still work. Basically fzf is just more portable because there are a lot of cases where you don't have X running.

[@sloep]

im always amazed how you get these things done with little resources

[@DigitalMetal]

I try not to over complicate things. Simpler is better most the time.

[@cdbcbd4930]

There one is important, jur. Ima do one with templates and cron tabs.

[@briannielsen2002]

Enjoyed the vid. Been wanting to do some small app in bash lile this one in a while, now I have some inspiration 👍👍 Looking forward to a follow up (I think u mentioned in the beginning).

[@DigitalMetal]

Yeah, the follow up is making the same thing with an HTML interface and submitting it to a server. So it might now interest you as much. Obviously the shell interface is nice, simple, and quick, but there are times where a GUI is useful. Although the what we did here could easily run pretty much any device, buttons are nice on a smaller screen.

[@BagFatsPc]

@@DigitalMetal I would love to see you add an HTML interface and submit it to a server!!

[@DigitalMetal]

Cool. I posted yesterday. Hope you enjoy it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWqUeGmQnbCIj6M

[@powray]

When your too lazy to write your boss an employee check list but you want to get paid so you ask your favorite KZbinr to do all the work while you delay your boss and stack a nice pay check for 3-4 days of none work

[@anxo_]

Why would a database be better? I image it would only make a difference if the data size is huge

[@DigitalMetal]

As I've said in previous videos, plan text is fine for inputting and storing data, such as a log file. But, once you start having to update the data it can get real messy and I would suggest a database. There have been so many times I've started a project and thought, I'll keep it simple and just use a text file, then half way through I end up changing it to a database. If you have a 100 employees and you they all have information (employee number, phone numbers, addresses, date of birth, emergency contact info, etc) and someone needs to fill out a form to update their phone number, scripting that out can be a headache. Databases are designed to do that sort of thing.

[@pleabargain]

Typo in your title.

[@DigitalMetal]

Thank you, fixing it now. :)

[@userxbw]

why you using zsh and saying bash? or doing bash in a zsh shell? go back to bash.. :P thanks for the fuzzy finder idea.... Just installed it then checked it in a reg terminal using bash, it works ..

[@DigitalMetal]

I'm using zsh because I prefer it over BASH. That's my shell, the script is a BASH script. BASH is most common than zsh, so you are better off using it. Although, if compatibility is top concern you should avoid BASH specific command as well.