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bash-trim

Cuts a long successful Bash output to its first 2,000 and last 3,000 characters with a count of the cut lines; read-like commands, failures and saved outputs…

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★ 2v0.1.0no licenseupdated 2026-10-19cpeaustriajc/cj-stack/mods/bash-trim
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› fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call ╭────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ bash-trim │ ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) │ bash-trim: left this output whole │ ⎿ Read 6 lines │ (undefined is not an object (evaluating │ ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) │ 'text.length')) │ ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line ╰────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ⏺ Bash(bun test) ╭────────────────────────────────────────────╮ ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail │ bash-trim │ │ bash-trim: left this output whole │ ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. │ (undefined is not an object (evaluating │ │ 'text.length')) │ ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM ╰────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts
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bash-trim

A mod (a plugin that adds a hook to Claude Code) that cuts a long successful Bash output to its start and its end. Long sessions then carry less dead context.

Why

Claude Code keeps a successful Bash output in context whole, up to about 30,000 characters. Each later call sends that output again. A test run, a build log or a long grep usually matters only at its start and its end.

bash-trim keeps the first 2,000 and the last 3,000 characters of such an output, and says how much it cut.

Install

/plugin marketplace add cpeaustriajc/cj-stack
/plugin install bash-trim@cj-stack

To see that it is on, run claude plugin list and look for bash-trim. The mod is optional: cj-stack does not install it.

Example

  1. Claude runs npm test. The command passes and prints 18,000 characters.
  2. The hook keeps the first 2,000 characters and the last 3,000 characters.
  3. Claude reads the start, the line [… 217 lines, 13,000 characters cut …], and the end with "26 passed, 0 failed".

What it does

Bash resultDecision
Successful, over 10,000 charactersKeep the first 2,000 and last 3,000 characters, with a line that counts the cut lines and characters.
10,000 characters or lessPass whole.
Failed or interruptedPass whole. Claude Code already shows a part of a failed output.
Saved to a file by Claude Code, an image, or a background taskPass whole.
A read-like command: cat, sed -n, head, tail, jq, git diff, git show, git log -p, gh pr, gh api, gh issuePass whole, also after a leading cd … &&.

The mod cuts only the standard output. The error output passes whole.

Settings

No settings. The limits are constants in hooks/register.ts.

To turn the mod off, run claude plugin disable bash-trim@cj-stack.

Limits

  • The mod keeps no copy of the cut text. To see the middle, run a narrower command, such as sed -n or grep.
  • It checks only the first command of a line. npm test && cat log is trimmed.
  • It reads only the Bash tool. Read, Grep and MCP outputs pass whole.
  • If the hook fails, the output passes whole and a toast names the error.

More

Source 1 files
hooks/register.ts 46 lines
1import type { Register } from 'claude-code'
2
3const MOD = 'bash-trim'
4const TRIGGER = 10_000
5const HEAD = 2_000
6const TAIL = 3_000
7
8const READ_LIKE = [
9  /^(cat|head|tail|jq)\b/,
10  /^sed\s+(-\S+\s+)*-n\b/,
11  /^git\s+(diff|show)\b/,
12  /^git\s+log\b.*\s-p\b/,
13  /^gh\s+(pr|api|issue)\b/,
14]
15
16const group = (n: number) => String(n).replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ',')
17
18export function isReadLike(command: string): boolean {
19  let rest = command.trim()
20  for (let m; (m = /^cd\s+[^;&|]*&&\s*/.exec(rest)); ) rest = rest.slice(m[0].length)
21  return READ_LIKE.some(re => re.test(rest))
22}
23
24export function trim(text: string): string {
25  if (text.length <= TRIGGER) return text
26  const cut = text.slice(HEAD, text.length - TAIL)
27  const lines = cut.split('\n').length - 1
28  return `${text.slice(0, HEAD)}\n[… ${group(lines)} lines, ${group(cut.length)} characters cut …]\n${text.slice(-TAIL)}`
29}
30
31export const register: Register = on => {
32  on('tool.call', { tool: 'Bash' }, async ($, e, next) => {
33    const ran = await next(e)
34    if (ran.deny !== undefined || ran.isError) return ran
35    try {
36      const out = ran.result
37      if (out.interrupted || out.isImage || out.persistedOutputPath || out.backgroundTaskId || isReadLike(e.command)) return ran
38      const stdout = trim(out.stdout)
39      return stdout === out.stdout ? ran : { result: { ...out, stdout }, context: ran.context }
40    } catch (err) {
41      $.ui.toast(`${MOD}: left this output whole (${(err as Error).message})`)
42      return ran
43    }
44  }).catch(($, e, next) => next(e))
45}
46