Ansipath installation

ansipath is a single Go binary for Bash and Zsh on Unix-like systems.

Build and install

go build -trimpath -o ansipath .
./ansipath install

The default installation writes the binary to $HOME/.local/bin/ansipath, helpers to $HOME/.local/share/ansipath/shell_helpers, and updates only shell init files that already exist. It does not create missing profiles.

For a system prefix while targeting the invoking user’s shell files:

sudo ./ansipath install

When run through sudo, SUDO_USER determines the home directory and shell; the executable is installed under /usr/bin by default. Use --prefix "$HOME/.local" to select another prefix.

Palettes

ansipath palette list
ansipath palette dracula

Palette selection is retained in $XDG_STATE_HOME/ansipath/palette, falling back to $HOME/.local/state/ansipath/palette.

Cleanup

ansipath remove-dupes

This removes duplicate or dead literal path entries from existing shell-init assignments, prints an audit trail, and prompts Undo? N/y. Answer y to restore the original files. To clean the current shell environment too, run:

eval "$(ansipath remove-dupes --env)"

The environment form emits sourceable removal commands and ends with a cleaned export PATH=... line. It copies that final export automatically when a supported clipboard utility is available and does not prompt.