Audit bash commands for bash RPG - c++

Question

I want to be able to write a program that when you type in commands, it will do things like count the amount of times you've used cd. Something similar to this:
[ : ~ $] cd public_html
Congratulations! You've earned the Badge 'cd master!'. Level up!
All my C++ file consists of so far is:
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
int counter = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
std::cout << argv[i] << std::endl;
if (argv[i] == "cd")
std::cout << "Badge earned 'cd master!' +5120 experience points" << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
As it reflects one attempted solution involving:
#!/bin/sh
bash | tee ./main
and
bind 'RETURN: "echo $(!!) | tee ~/.main \n"'
I've decided to go with
export PROMPT_COMMAND='history | tail -n1'
But that would mean having to parse the output.
What's the easiest way of accomplishing this?
edit
Here's what I've managed to produce:
#!/bin/sh
export COUNTER=0
export MAXWIDTH=10
export TNL=1000
update_prompt() {
export PS1="> "
}
cd() {
COUNTER=$(($COUNTER + 25));
echo +25;
builtin cd $#;
}
help() {
echo "custom commands are: score";
}
score() {
echo $COUNTER"/"$TNL
BAR=$(yes "#" | head -n 10 | tr -d '\n')
OVERLAY=$(yes "%" | head -n 10 | tr -d '\n')
WIDTH=$(echo "$COUNTER*$MAXWIDTH/$TNL" | bc)
FIRST=${BAR:0:WIDTH}
SECOND=${OVERLAY:0:$((MAXWIDTH-WIDTH))}
echo "["$FIRST$SECOND"]"
}
exit() {
echo "Bye bye";
builtin exit $#;
}
export -f update_prompt
export -f cd # export the function
export -f help
export -f score
export -f exit
bash # run subshell with the exported functions
update_prompt

Answer 1

An easy solution is to overwrite the cd command of your shell inside the shell itself. For example, in Bash or ZSH:
cd() {
echo "Congratulations";
builtin cd $#;
}
(This is for example used in projects like autoenv.)
You can do the same for all other commands. You can also call your C++ code from there.
If you want to put that into a script, e.g. name it learn-bash.sh:
cd() { ... }
export -f cd # export the function
bash # run subshell with the exported functions
Another solution, where you have much more power, but which is way more involved: take the source code of Bash (it's C) and extend it (by C or C++). Then you can basically do whatever you want. And you have everything directly there, i.e. the parsed commands, etc.

Answer 2

After every command COMMAND_PROMPT is executed within bash. You could use that with history to see the last command used.
You can read here on how PS1, PS2, PS3 and COMMAND_PROMPT work in bash.
There are a few answers on exactly this question already on SO:
How can I intercept commands that contain a certain string?
bash: how to intercept every command
bash: How to intercept command line and do various actions based on the contents?

Answer 3

I've done something similar a while ago, and here's the solution I've found.
You want to add the following lines to .bashrc:
hook() {
whatever "$#"
}
invoke_hook() {
[ -n "$COMP_LINE" ] && return
[ "$BASH_COMMAND" = "$PROMPT_COMMAND" ] && return
local command=`history 1 | sed -e "s/^[ ]*[0-9]*[ ]*//g"`;
hook "$command"
}
trap 'invoke_hook' DEBUG
Replace whatever with your C++ program. This will execute your hook before each command, and will pass the original command as the arguments.