1. Installation

This page has instructions for installing the bashdatacatalog. For most users, the automatic installation should be sufficient.

Automatic Install

The following command downloads and executes a script that installs the bashdatacatalog. The defaults are usually okay (hit enter).

$ bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LiamBindle/bashdatacatalog/main/install.sh)

Restart your terminal to complete the installation.

Manual Install

To install the bashdatacatalog manually, download the source code and add the bin/ subdirectory to your $PATH. The bin subdirectory has the executable scripts. For example,

$ git clone https://github.com/LiamBindle/bashdatacatalog.git            # download the source code
$ export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/bashdatacatalog/bin                           # add bin/ to your $PATH
$ echo "export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/bashdatacatalog/bin" >> $HOME/.bashrc   # append $PATH update to your .bashrc

When you restart your