Help custom ascii

[TheCuteOwl]

Hi i want to put a custom ascii when i do hyfetch (without having to put --ascii (path) is this possible (i'm on windows)

[hykilpikonna]

If you're running hyfetch using powershell, you can actually set any default arguments to any command by editing powershell profile.

1. Open powershell
2. Open an editor to edit $PROFILE (e.g. code $PROFILE for vscode)
3. Write the following:

function Start-Hyfetch {
    hyfetch --ascii-file 'C:\your\path\to\ascii.txt'
}
Set-Alias -Name hyfetch -Value Start-Hyfetch

4. Restart powershell

[hykilpikonna]

I'll close this for now, please let me know if it works or if you run into any issues.

[TheCuteOwl]

oh-my-posh init pwsh --config 'C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\Programs\oh-my-posh\themes\1_shell.omp.json' | Invoke-Expression

function Start-Hyfetch {
    hyfetch --ascii-file 'C:\Users\myusername\Downloads\ascii-art (3).txt'
}
Set-Alias -Name hyfetch -Value Start-Hyfetch

there is nothing showing up maybe you could help me for cmd?

[hykilpikonna]

Oops okay I created an recursive loop on accident. Here is the correct way to do it: (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70828336/adding-arguments-to-powershell-alias-functions)

function hyfetch {
    # Get executable path to one commnad named hyfetch
    $bin = (Get-Command -Type Application hyfetch -TotalCount 1).Source
    # Define additional arguments as a list
    $add = ("--ascii-file", 'C:\Users\myusername\Downloads\ascii-art (3).txt')

    if ($MyInvocation.ExpectingInput) { # pipeline (stdin) input present
        # $args passes all arguments through.
        $input | & $bin $add $args
    } else {
        & $bin $add $args
    }
}

Tested with Powershell 7.3.8 (on macOS)

Why does a simple alias hyfetch="hyfetch --ascii-file ..." in bash have to be so verbose in powershell 🙃

[TheCuteOwl]

thanks ! it work perfectly now