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Ted: Post some amendments to directory bookmarker main script

2026-03-30T18:59:56Z

Post some amendments to directory bookmarker main script

Ted: Rename section q Bash script elements q to q Bash convenience scripts q

2026-02-04T21:40:06Z

Rename section q Bash script elements q to q Bash convenience scripts q

Ted: Rename section q Bash scriptlets q to q Bash script elements q

2026-02-04T21:37:45Z

Rename section q Bash scriptlets q to q Bash script elements q

Ted: Bash scriptlets : comment the script

2026-01-23T16:28:03Z

Bash scriptlets : comment the script

Ted: Bash scriptlets : move new sub-section and replace code wiki markup with pre markuip

2026-01-23T16:25:39Z

Bash scriptlets : move new sub-section and replace code wiki markup with pre markuip

Ted: /* ^ aliases fragment */

2026-01-23T16:24:02Z

^ aliases fragment

Ted: Amend shell script append files work

2026-01-18T16:01:05Z

Amend shell script append files work

Ted: Update the append file script

2026-01-18T15:10:07Z

Update the append file script

Ted: Add script notes from append-file work

2026-01-18T15:02:49Z

Add script notes from append-file work

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@@ Line 806: / Line 806: @@
 --- a/dbm-main.sh
 +++ b/dbm-main.sh
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function set_dbm_path()
+(2)
-     # Note this function needed because .bashrc is called from/in an environment
-     # where `pwd` reports current directory as user's home dir.
+$ diff
--    echo "/home/ted/projects/directory-book-marker"
+--- a/dbm-main.sh
-+    echo "/home/$USER/projects/directory-book-marker"
++++ b/dbm-main.sh
+@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ alias announce_new_dir='if (( $? && 1 )); then echo "- ${SCRIPT_ABBR} - dir not
- # TODO [ ] Review following function 'show_aliases_in_this_script()' . . .
+@@ -263,42 +263,45 @@ echo "Loaded user-saved paths:"; s'
-  # Call directory bookmarks script to set custom aliases:
+  # Aliases to load different groups of bookmarked paths:
--# Note this may be a dev-only necesity, to set directory bookmarker path
+-if [[ 0 ]]; then
--# manually:
+-       echo "M1"
--bookmarks_helpers_dir=`set_dbm_path`
+-    alias lp1='. ${HOME}/dot-bashrc-amendments.sh 1'
--aliases_file=$bookmarks_helpers_dir/scripts/aliases.sh
+-    alias lp2='. ${HOME}/dot-bashrc-amendments.sh 2'
-+# TODO [ ] Clean up way to define and try locations of directory bookmarks
+-    alias lp3='. ${HOME}/dot-bashrc-amendments.sh 3'
-+#           scripts:
+-    alias lp4='. ${HOME}/dot-bashrc-amendments.sh 4'
++
-+ORIGINAL_DBM_DIR=.bookmarked-paths
++DBM_SCRIPT_NAME=dbm-main.sh
++
-+ALIASES_SUB_SCRIPT=scripts/aliases.sh
++unset DBM_SCRIPT
++
-+aliases_file=$BOOKMARKS_HELPERS_DIR1/scripts/aliases.sh
++if [ -e $DBM_SCRIPT_DIR1/$DBM_SCRIPT_NAME ]; then
-+aliases_file=$BOOKMARKS_HELPERS_DIR1/$ALIASES_SUB_SCRIPT
++    DBM_SCRIPT=$DBM_SCRIPT_DIR1/$DBM_SCRIPT_NAME
-  if [ -e $aliases_file ]; then
+  bookmarked_path[1]=$D1; bookmarked_path[2]=$D2;
 -->

@@ Line 798: / Line 798: @@
 exit $?
 ***************************************************************************************************************************
 -->

@@ Line 497: / Line 497: @@
 </pre>
-== [[#top|^]] Bash script elements ==
+== [[#top|^]] Bash convenience commands ==
 The following scripts are especially short, sometimes just one command.  They could be implemented as shell aliases but are presented here as independent scripts.
@@ Line 510: / Line 510: @@
 git branch --sort=committerdate | tail
 exit $?
 </pre>

@@ Line 497: / Line 497: @@
 </pre>
-== [[#top|^]] Bash scriptlets ==
+== [[#top|^]] Bash script elements ==
 The following scripts are especially short, sometimes just one command.  They could be implemented as shell aliases but are presented here as independent scripts.

@@ Line 506: / Line 506: @@
 <pre>
 #!/bin/bash
 git branch --sort=committerdate | tail
 exit $?

@@ Line 468: / Line 468: @@
 </pre>
 <!-- odne komentar - [[#top|^]] -->
 === [[#top|^]] to source versus to call ===
@@ Line 508: / Line 495: @@
      echo "[WRN] Extra arguments are ignored."
 fi
 </pre>

@@ Line 553: / Line 553: @@
 <!--
 -01-18 domingo
 #!/bin/bash
@@ Line 580: / Line 584: @@
 function debug_message()
+{
-     echo $1
+     if [[ "$2" != "--quiet" ]]; then
+}
 function parse_file_size()
@@ Line 615: / Line 625: @@
+{
      byte_count=$(seq $BS)
-     debug_message "(f3) handle_block : at byte index $idx, writing $byte_count bytes . . ."
+     debug_message "(f3) handle_block : at byte index $idx, writing $BS bytes . . ." --quiet
      for i in $byte_count
      do
@@ Line 632: / Line 641: @@
      debug_message "(f2) iterate_blocks : at byte index $idx,"
-     while [ $idx \> $BS ]
+     while [[ $idx -ge $BS ]]
      do
-         if [[ $idx -gt 0 && $idx -lt $BS ]]; then
+         handle_block
          (( idx -= $BS ))
      done
+}
@@ Line 653: / Line 662: @@
          echo -n '*' > $DATA_FILE_1
      fi
      # When a file is greater than our selected block size we interate over
@@ Line 664: / Line 670: @@
          iterate_blocks
      fi
+}
@@ Line 677: / Line 679: @@
 DATA_FILE_2=2.dat
 # block size
-# BS=1024
+BS=1024
 # Prefer ASCII values 42 and 85 . . .
@@ Line 697: / Line 698: @@
 fi
 OPTS=$(getopt -o cf:h --long help,create-test-files,file-list: -n append.sh -- "$@")
@@ Line 721: / Line 721: @@
        ;;
      --)
-       echo "got additional arguments '$@'"
+       # debug_message "got additional arguments '$@'"
        shift
-       echo "clearing options and args separator have '$@'"
+       # debug_message "clearing options and args separator have '$@'"
        break
        ;;
@@ Line 753: / Line 753: @@
      return 0
 fi
 idx=$file_size
@@ Line 762: / Line 758: @@
 debug_message ""
 debug_message "main : switching to asterisk mode,"
@@ Line 781: / Line 773: @@
 debug_message ""
 echo "Test of file append done, returning $?"
 exit $?
 -->

@@ Line 637: / Line 637: @@
              debug_message "(f2) iterate_blocks : byte index now holds partial block size $idx"
              write_partial_block $idx
          fi
          (( idx -= $BS ))
      done
@@ Line 788: / Line 789: @@
 exit $?
 -->