bash-autopairs

A Bash plugin to automatically add closing pairs when typing in Bash's prompt.

This is useful for people who:

• are tired of typing the closing parts in commands like command_here "$(other_command "${array[2]}")"
• may forget to add them

Limitations

• The plugin will disable the blink-matching-paren readline option as it seems to hijack the closing characters.
• If BASH_AUTOPAIR_BACKSPACE is set, the plugin will disable the bind-tty-special-chars option as it prevents Backspace from being mapped.

Installation

Download and source the autopairs.sh file from within your .bashrc file. For instance:

# .bashrc file
source ~/.config/bash/autopairs.sh

To enable Backspace, add the line:

export BASH_AUTOPAIR_BACKSPACE=1

Usage

Once installed, the "plugin" will automatically insert closing pairs whenever you type the opening part of any of the below parts:

""
''
()
[]
{}

Escaped characters won't be auto paired to let you compose literals with ease. Try typing:

sed "s/\"\'//g"

It will also delete pairs using C-h and Baskspace.

For instance, try typing and then deleting the following:

echo "$(echo "${var[@]}")"

Author

Nikolaos Kakouros

License

GPLv3