cs — CLI Snippet Manager

cs is a command-line snippet manager written in Rust. It stores shell commands and provides fast search, selection, and execution.

Installation

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dougmaitelli/cs/master/install.sh | bash

Commands

Command	Description
cs <query>	Search snippets, select, edit inline, execute (filtered by current OS)
cs add	Interactive prompts to create a new snippet
cs import	Import snippets (interactive)
cs list	Show all snippets (filtered by current OS)
cs delete <query>	Search, select, confirm deletion

Global Flags

Flag	Description
--all-os	Show/search snippets for all operating systems
--no-fzf	Disable fzf and use the built-in selector

Configuration

• Primary path: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cs/snippets.toml
• Fallback path: ~/.config/cs/snippets.toml

Configuration

[config]
nerd_fonts = true
includes = ["extra.toml"]

Fields

• nerd_fonts: Enable nerd font icons in the UI (default: false)
• includes: Additional TOML files to load snippets from (relative to config directory)

Snippet Structure

[[snippet]]
cmd = "dnf update -y"
description = "Update all Fedora packages"
tags = ["fedora", "dnf", "update", "packages"]
os = "fedora"

Fields

• cmd: The shell command to execute (required)
• description: Human-readable description (required)
• tags: List of searchable tags (required, can be empty)
• os: Target operating system (required)