sudofox/shell-mommy

Inspired by Gankra/cargo-mommy

This is a shell script that provides a mommy function which emulates a nurturing and supportive figure. The mommy 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 pink to stderr. You can change this to a light blue 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 mommy function, you can source the shell-mommy.sh script in your current shell or add it to your ~/.bashrc file to have it available every time you open a new terminal.

. /path/to/shell-mommy.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="mommy \\$\\(exit \$?\\); $PROMPT_COMMAND"

Configuration

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

• SHELL_MOMMYS_LITTLE: Sets the affectionate term that mommy will use to refer to the user. The default value is "girl".
• SHELL_MOMMYS_PRONOUNS: Sets the pronouns that mommy will use to refer to itself. The default value is "her".
• SHELL_MOMMYS_ROLES: Sets the role that mommy will have. The default value is "mommy".
• SHELL_MOMMYS_COLOR: Sets the color of the text output by mommy. The default value is a light pink color.
• SHELL_MOMMYS_ONLY_NEGATIVE: If set to true, mommy will provide encouragement (on non-zero exit status) but not praise. This will keep clutter down if you intend to use mommy as a PROMPT_COMMAND.
• SHELL_MOMMYS_NEGATIVE_RESPONSES/SHELL_MOMMYS_POSITIVE_RESPONSES: Sets the possible responses that mommy 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_MOMMYS_LITTLE="child/girl/boy"
# ...
$ mommy ls
README.md  shell-mommy.sh
awe, what a good boy~
mommy knew you could do it~ ❤️
$ mommy ls
README.md  shell-mommy.sh
good girl~
mommy's so proud of you~ ❤️
$ mommy ls
README.md  shell-mommy.sh
mommy thinks her little child earned a big hug~ ❤️

Usage

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

mommy ls
# Output: Good girl! mommy's so proud of you! ❤️

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

Example

# Set custom affectionate term and pronouns
export SHELL_MOMMYS_LITTLE="kiddo"
export SHELL_MOMMYS_PRONOUNS="them"

# Use the mommy function to run a command
mommy ls

# Output:
# That's a good kiddo~ ❤️