Bash utility

mkscript

`mkscript` creates executable Bash script skeletons in the current directory and optionally manages a personal global shortcut for each script. It is built for small day-to-day shell workflows on macOS and Linux.

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Core behavior

What mkscript does

  • Create a new executable Bash file with #!/usr/bin/env bash
  • Add set -euo pipefail with -s or --strict
  • Create a personal shortcut with -g or --global
  • Link an existing script later with -l or --link
  • Check an existing shortcut with -c
  • Remove a shortcut with -r
Examples

Common commands

Create a script

mkscript demo

Create a strict-mode script

mkscript -s deploy

Create and link globally

mkscript demo -g
mkscript -g demo -s
macOS

Homebrew install

brew install seriousCoding/tap/mkscript
Debian and Ubuntu

Stable package alias

curl -LO https://github.com/seriousCoding/mkscript/releases/latest/download/mkscript.deb
sudo apt install ./mkscript.deb
Fedora and RPM-family

Stable package alias

curl -LO https://github.com/seriousCoding/mkscript/releases/latest/download/mkscript.rpm
sudo dnf install ./mkscript.rpm
Verification

Checksums and release assets

mkscript publishes stable GitHub release aliases for the Debian package, RPM package, source tarball, and checksum file so install commands can stay consistent across releases.

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Repository

Source, packaging, and official distro docs

The GitHub repository includes tests, Debian packaging, RPM packaging, Homebrew support, release automation, and a detailed packaging path document for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and EPEL.

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