@makechtec/tezcatl-cli v1.0.13

Tezcatl CLI

This module is a low level API, which is used to interact with the command line arguments. And with some file actions.

installation

$ npm install @makechtec/tezcatl-cli

Argument Class

export class Argument{
    constructor(name, value){
        this.name = name;
        this.value = value;
    }
}

Constants

export const ARGUMENT_FLAG = "--";

Pattern Object

testStart(search, target) : booelean

chek if the target starts with the search

testArg(search, target) : boolean

check if the target is an argument with the search as name

testIsArg(target) : boolean

check if the target is an argument

testFlag(target) : boolean

check if the target is a flag

testHasDirectory(target) : boolean

check if the target path contains a directory

replacePlaceholder(content, placeholder) : string

replace the placeholder name in all matches inside the content with the value of the placeholder

countMatches(str, pattern) : number

count the number of matches of the pattern in the string

Reader Object

readTemplate(templateName) : string

Alias of read

read(templateName) : string

read the template file

changePlaceholders(content, placeholders) : string

replace the placeholder name in all matches inside the content with the value of the placeholder for each item in the placeholders array

Writter Object

writeFile(fileName, content) : void

create or overwrite the file with the content

createDirectory(dirName) : void

create the directory

insertInLine(fileName, lineNumber, text) : void

insert the text in the line number of the file

CLI Object

getArgumentValue(name, params = argv) : Argument

read the argument from the command line, it must be the form:

name=value

the result is an instance of the Argument class

getArgumentsGroup(prefix, params = argv) : Argument[]

read the arguments from the command line, it must be the form:

prefix1=value1 prefix2=value2 prefix3=value3

the result is an array of instances of the Argument class

getFlagsGroup(params = argv) : Argument[]

read the flags from the command line, it must be the form:

--flag1 --flag2 --flag3

the result is an array of instances of the Argument class, the value is true.

isFlag: (name, params = argv) : boolean

check if the flag is present in the command line

getAllArguments: function(params = argv) : Argument[]

read all arguments ignoring the flags. the result is an array of instances of the Argument class