The README advertises macOS support, but the port used constructs that fail on the userland macOS actually ships: - `mapfile` (bash 4+) in 10 spots — macOS ships bash 3.2 as /usr/bin/bash, so a mac user following the README hit "mapfile: command not found" and silently got empty project lists. Replace each with a portable `while IFS= read -r` loop (identical arrays; set -u safe on empty input). - `_z_commafy` used the GNU-only `sed :a;...;ta` label/branch idiom, which errors on BSD/macOS sed (the token footer's thousands separators). Reimplement with awk (already a dependency). - README: correct the macOS line — bash 4+ does NOT ship with macOS; the stock 3.2 now works, and only jq needs brew. Also two correctness nits found in the same review: - zkill/zrestart `--kill-all` was parsed but silently ignored; now it prints a "not implemented in the bash port" notice instead of no-op. - zrepair's smoke-test line said "https://$domain" but probes http://$HOST with a Host header; label now matches what it does. Verified on WSL (bash 5): read-loops produce the same 11 project / 7 domain keys as mapfile; awk commafy matches across 0..1,234,567; empty producer yields a 0-length array; footer renders. 3.2-compat is by static analysis — no bash-4-only constructs remain. |
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| .. | ||
| README.md | ||
| setup_backup_schedule | ||
| zbackup | ||
| zbackup_and_sync | ||
| zbackup_ec2 | ||
| zconfig.example.json | ||
| zdeploy | ||
| zec2 | ||
| zec2online | ||
| zhelpers.sh | ||
| zkill | ||
| zrepair | ||
| zrestart | ||
| zsetup_mail | ||
| zstart | ||
| zstart_docker | ||
| zstop | ||
| zsync | ||
Token Savers — bash port (Linux / macOS / WSL)
Native bash versions of the z-scripts. Same commands, same zconfig.json schema,
same behavior — no PowerShell required.
Requirements
- bash 3.2+ (the stock macOS bash works),
jq,curl,zip, OpenSSH (ssh/scp) lsof(forzkill/zrestart),rsync(forzsync <project>mirror mode)- Docker + docker compose on the remote host for the deploy scripts
Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install jq curl zip lsof rsync
macOS: brew install jq (bash, curl, zip, ssh, lsof and rsync already ship with macOS)
Install
git clone https://github.com/kellymichels/zscripts-token-savers.git ~/zscripts
cd ~/zscripts/bash
cp zconfig.example.json zconfig.json # then fill in your values
chmod +x z* setup_backup_schedule
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/zscripts/bash:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
Commands
Same set as the PowerShell versions — the project key in zconfig.json IS the
command argument:
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
zstart <p> [--detached] |
start local dev server (python/vite/nextjs) |
zkill <p> |
free the project's dev port |
zrestart <p> [--detached] |
kill + start in one command |
zstop <p> |
stop the project's compose stack on the server |
zdeploy <p> [--note "msg"] |
zip → scp → docker compose build/up → verify build version |
zec2 [<p>] |
TCP + HTTP + live-version reachability check |
zec2online [<p>] |
deep health check; auto-starts downed stacks |
zrepair <p> |
audit/repair container + proxy routing, smoke test |
zbackup [<p>] [--tag t] |
local source zip (+ pg_dump when .env has DATABASE_URL) |
zbackup_ec2 [<p>] |
pull db dump + data dirs down from the server |
zsync |
copy new backup files offsite (never overwrites) |
zbackup_and_sync |
both of the above; cron-friendly |
setup_backup_schedule --install |
daily backup cron job |
zsetup_mail --domain d |
provision docker-mailserver mailboxes + print DNS records |
zstart_docker |
bring up the local compose stack in bash/docker/ |
Flags use GNU style (--port 3000, --detached) instead of PowerShell style
(-Port, -Detached). Detached dev servers log to /tmp/zstart-<project>.log.
Usage tracking
Every run prints a footer with its own output volume:
--- 1,048 lines / 69,009 chars / ~19,717 tokens est. (Claude Code) ---
and (when jq is available) appends one JSON line per run to tokens.jsonl,
so you can see how much infrastructure output you keep out of an AI agent's
context over time. Fields: ts, script, projects, lines, chars, est, model
(est ≈ chars / 3.5). Nested runs (the zkill/zstart inside zrestart)
are counted once, not double.
Where it's written, first match wins:
$ZTOKENS_DATAztokens.dataDirinzconfig.json- the sibling
../ztokens/datadirectory, if present ~/.ztokens/data(created on first run)
Set ZTOKENS_MODEL to tag records with a specific model; it defaults to
est. chars/3.5.
Differences from the PowerShell versions
zsync <viteproject>mirrorsdist/withrsync -a --delete(robocopy /MIR equivalent).- Scheduling uses cron (
setup_backup_schedule) instead of Windows Task Scheduler. - The MOTD banner picks a random
motd/*.txtinstead of tracking a shuffle rotation. - Windows-only helpers (
.cmdlaunchers) don't exist — scripts are directly executable.