bash2scratch

The backend for a Bash terminal in Scratch!

Known issues:

• Running an interative command softlocks the system (e.g. sudo <command>)

Setup

• Start by remixing the scratch2bash project!

Now open your terminal in your favourite environment (this could work with Windows, but I haven't really tested nor been interested in it haha)

1. Install the requirements

   sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
   sudo apt install python3

   If you want this to run in the background, install screen too.

   sudo apt install screen

2. Copy and paste the following:

   cd ~
   mkdir bash2scratch
   cd bash2scratch
   
   curl -o main.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fox595676/bash2scratch/refs/heads/main/main.py
   
   echo "Enter your session ID (this can be found by opening developer tools on Scratch etc, https://github.com/TimMcCool/scratchattach/wiki/Get-your-session-id):"
   read id
   echo "Enter your username:"
   read username
   echo "Enter your project ID (the numbers at the end of your remixed project):"
   read project_id
   
   sed -i "s/id = \"ID_HERE\"/id = \"$id\"/" main.py
   sed -i "s/user = \"Username\"/user = \"$username\"/" main.py
   sed -i "s/project = \"projectid\"/project = \"$project_id\"/" main.py
   
   python -m venv .
   source bin/activate
   python -m pip install -U scratchattach

3. Start the script

   ~/bash2scratch/bin/python3 ~/bash2scratch/main.py

4. If you want to have this running in the background, paste the following, and press Ctrl + A, then Ctrl + D to exit.

   screen -S bash2scratch bash -c "~/bash2scratch/bin/python3 ~/bash2scratch/main.py"

5. If you want to reconnect, type

   screen -r bash2scratch