bashbasicsbyvk

bashbasicsbyvk is a lightweight, open-source collection of Bash-Python scripts made to optimize workflows and file management in shell environments. It offers comprehensive, high-performance file management with run, copy, erase, delete, overwrite, rename, move, batch-create and batch-delete, organise, and find functions via a simple interactive call — letting you do anything without confusion. The integrated xtract function automates extraction of HTML tables and links from single and multi-page sites, streamlining data harvesting from catalogues, reports, and dashboards.

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Prerequisites

Run the following blocks in order:

pkg install termux-api
pkg install python -y
pkg install root-repo
pkg uninstall tur-repo -y
pkg update -y
pkg upgrade -y
pkg install tur-repo -y
pkg install clang libopenblas libffi libzmq build-essential -y

pkg update
pkg install clang make cmake pkg-config
pkg install python-dev
pkg install ninja
pkg install libandroid-spawn
pkg install libffi-dev
pkg install rclone

pip install numpy

pip install pandas

pkg install -y termux-api python git curl

pip install requests pandas beautifulsoup4 tqdm 

pip install openpyxl 

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Storage Setup (for termux)

If you're in Termux, enable storage access in your environment using:

termux-setup-storage

Grant the requested storage permission when prompted by Android. This creates symlinks in ~/storage/ for shared directories like Downloads and ensures Termux can read from /storage/emulated/0/.

Allow external app access (required for sharing files to apps like Chrome):

nano ~/.termux/termux.properties

Locate or add the line:

allow-external-apps = true

Uncomment it if present by removing the #. Save and exit, then restart the Termux app completely — Android Settings → Apps → Termux → Force Stop → Relaunch. This enables the content provider (com.termux.files) to grant read access to URIs for external apps.

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Rclone Setup and Config

Remote Shell (e.g. Google Cloud)

cd ~
curl -LO https://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-linux-amd64.zip
unzip -j rclone-current-linux-amd64.zip "*/rclone" -d ~/bin/
chmod 755 ~/bin/rclone
rm rclone-current-linux-amd64.zip
if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$HOME/bin:"* ]]; then
    echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
    source ~/.bashrc
fi

Local Shell

pkg install rclone

Configure a new Google Drive remote:

rclone config

Step	Prompt	Value
1	New remote?	n
2	Name	gdrive
3	Storage type	Google Drive
4	Client ID / Secret	(leave empty)
5	Scope	1 — Full access
6	Root folder ID	(leave empty)
7	Advanced config?	n
8	Auto config?	y

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Installation and Upgrade

pip install git+https://github.com/vkdatta/bashbasicsbyvk.git

This is a personal project — all changes go directly to main. No versioned releases. If a command behaves unexpectedly, force-reinstall to pull the latest state:

pip install -vvv --progress-bar on --upgrade --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/vkdatta/bashbasicsbyvk.git

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Clone

git clone https://github.com/vkdatta/bashbasicsbyvk.git

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Commands

Command	Purpose
o	Omni file manager — run, copy, erase, delete, overwrite, rename, move, batch-create, batch-delete, organise, find
xtract	Extract all HTML tables & hyperlinks from single or paginated URLs

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o — Omni File Manager

o

A single interactive call to manage everything in your shell. No flags, no paths.

Supported Operations

Category	Operations
Files	Run, Copy, Erase, Delete, Overwrite, Rename, Move
Batch	Batch-create, Batch-delete
Navigate	Find, Organise

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xtract — Web Scraper

xtract

Extracts all HTML tables and hyperlinks from one or more paginated web pages in a single invocation. Perfect for harvesting catalogues, reports, and dashboards spread across multiple pages.

URL Patterns & Examples

Intent	Format	Example
Single page	Plain URL	example.com/article/p.html
Specific page number	URL ending in page number	example.com/article/100
Page range (1 to N)	URL with {N}	example.com/article/{100}

Note: {100} means pages 1 through 100. Curly braces signal a range — no braces means that exact page only.