Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings

#1

Post by skainswoo » Thu, May 30, 2019, 5:13 PM UTC

Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings
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Re: Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings

#2

Post by stephenr » Thu, May 30, 2019, 9:00 PM UTC

Really? What is hard about “u=rw;g=r;o=“ etc - literally no calculations involved.

This “reinvent things that already work fine but in javascript” is getting old.

Re: Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings

#3

Post by helb » Fri, May 31, 2019, 7:25 AM UTC

I've never felt the need for chmod UI, especially with ZSH's Tab completion (https://asciinema.org/a/249373), but… well, why not.

How does it handle multiple files?

edit: oh

    $ remod tmp/*
    Unexpected arguments!

Re: Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings

#4

Post by place4you » Fri, May 31, 2019, 11:45 AM UTC

Another small step at making the command line more user friendly.

Re: Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings

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Post by skainswoo » Fri, May 31, 2019, 4:17 PM UTC

helb wrote: post #3

I've never felt the need for chmod UI, especially with ZSH's Tab completion ( https://asciinema.org/a/249373 ), but… well, why not. How does it handle multiple files? edit: oh $ remod tmp/* Unexpected arguments!

Hi @helb, author here. ZSH's tab completion looks awesome! I'm not a ZSH user so I wasn't aware of that but I'm happy something similar exists in that ecosystem.

Re multiple files: I've thought about this a little, but I'm not sure how the UI would best represent the (potentially conflicting) permissions of multiple files. Open to suggestions however! In those situations I personally use remod to remind myself of the proper chmod command, and then copy-paste-run the chmod command with whatever edits are necessary.