#!/bin/sh # Display help message usage() { echo "Open the most recent file or the list of old files edited by vim." echo "" echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]" echo "" echo "Options:" echo " : Open the most recent old file in Vim." echo " -h, --help : Show this help message." echo " -l, --list : Show all recent files and select by number." echo "" echo "Examples:" echo " ${0##*/} # Open the most recent file." echo " ${0##*/} -l # Show all recent files and select by number." exit 0 } # Function to open files in vim openfiles() { files="$1" if [ -n "$files" ]; then # Convert newlines to spaces for vim arguments file_args=$(echo "$files" | tr '\n' ' ') vim $file_args fi } # List and handle oldfiles list_oldfiles() { # Fetch the oldfiles list from Vim # Use vim's :oldfiles command and capture output temp_file="/tmp/vim_oldfiles_$$.txt" vim -u NONE -c "redir >> $temp_file | oldfiles | redir END | q" 2>/dev/null # Parse vim's oldfiles output (format: " 1: /path/to/file") oldfiles=$(cat "$temp_file" 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*[0-9]*:[[:space:]]*\(.*\)$/\1/p' | grep -v '^$') rm -f "$temp_file" 2>/dev/null # Exit if no oldfiles are found [ -z "$oldfiles" ] && { echo "No recent files found in Vim." >&2 exit 1 } case "$1" in -h | --help) usage ;; -l | --list) # Filter valid files first paths_file="/tmp/vim_file_paths_$$.txt" echo "$oldfiles" | while IFS= read -r file; do [ -f "$file" ] && printf "%s\n" "$file" done >"$paths_file" # Count valid files valid_count=$(wc -l <"$paths_file" 2>/dev/null | tr -d ' ') # Exit if no valid files exist [ -z "$valid_count" ] || [ "$valid_count" -eq 0 ] && { echo "No valid files found." >&2 rm -f "$paths_file" 2>/dev/null exit 1 } # Display numbered file list file_num=1 while IFS= read -r file; do printf "%d: %s\n" "$file_num" "$file" file_num=$((file_num + 1)) done <"$paths_file" echo "" printf "Select file number (1-%d) or 'q' to quit: " "$valid_count" read selection # Handle quit [ "$selection" = "q" ] || [ "$selection" = "Q" ] && { rm -f "$paths_file" 2>/dev/null exit 0 } # Validate selection if [ -n "$selection" ] && [ "$selection" -ge 1 ] && [ "$selection" -le "$valid_count" ] 2>/dev/null; then selected_file=$(sed -n "${selection}p" "$paths_file") rm -f "$paths_file" 2>/dev/null openfiles "$selected_file" else echo "Invalid selection." >&2 rm -f "$paths_file" 2>/dev/null exit 1 fi ;; *) # Open the most recent file for file in $oldfiles; do if [ -f "$file" ]; then openfiles "$file" exit 0 fi done echo "No valid recent files found." >&2 exit 1 ;; esac } # Parse command-line arguments list_oldfiles "$@"