{
  "id": 6313258,
  "title": "CLI tool for organizing your own scripts on linux",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/cli-tool-for-organizing-your-own-scripts-on-linux",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-08T18:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/reedybear/cli-tool-for-organizing-your-own-scripts-on-linux-51h8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Managing custom scripts can be a headache. You might place them in a bin/ directory, but it's easy to lose track of what you have and how to use them. To simplify this process, I created a tool called clh, short for Command Line Helper. This tool makes it easier to organize your scripts and provides useful features.\n\nTo run a custom script using clh, you would execute it with the command clh group/script_name. However, you have the flexibility to clh bin a script and then call it directly from any location. The tool can be installed from my Gitlab repository.\n\nHere's an overview of some built-in commands that clh offers:\n\n- group: This can be omitted when using the command.\n- alias: You can assign an alias for a script or subscript.\n- bin: Create a symlink in the `bin/` directory pointing to the target script.\n- edit: Create or edit a script.\n- globalize: Convert a group into a global callable script.\n- help: View help information for a specific command.\n- move: Move a clh script from the source to the destination.\n- rm: Delete a script (note that this action cannot be undone).\n- source: Convert a script to be loaded using the `source` command instead of being executed directly.\n\nFor more detailed information on a specific command, you can use the command clh help [group]/[subgroup].",
  "summary": "I have long hated managing my custom scripts. I plop them in a bin/ dir, then I forget what scripts I have, what arguments they take, and have to sometimes ls ~/bin/ or even nvim ~/bin/script to see what they do. So I made a tool called clh ( for 'Command Line Helper' ) that organizes all the scripts for me, plus has some handy features. To execute a custom script, you do: clh group/script_name ,…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}