mashbash v0.0.1

Mashbash

Mashbash is a "language" that compiles down into Bash. The idea for the compiler was taken from Coffeescript. Eventually I would like to write a compiler in Bash, but for the time being for compatibility sake I am using Node.JS and Grunt for the compiler.

Documentation

You can write Mash just like Bash; Mash just adds some new functionality, just remember "when in doubt just use Bash".

There are three segments to Mash commands and functions.

invocation:command:arguments

There is the invocation which is two characters long, this decides what command it will run. At the moment the available invocation codes there are is >, <= and >=

Command Line

>:

Run a named command. Named commands will be able to be defined.

Output

=> Hello World:

Echo text to out to stdout (file descriptor 1).

!> text:

Echo text to out to stderr (file descriptor 2). Default color: Red.

3> text:

Echo text to file descriptor 3 (you may also use this to output the text to stdout and stderr using 1 and 2 respectively).

=[red,bg-red]> text:

Echo text to stdout with ANSI colors.

![red,bg-red]> text:

Echo text to stderr with ANSI colors.

3[red,bg-red]> text:

Echo text to file descriptor 3 with ANSI colors.

Input

<[/path/to/file]-INPUT:

Read a the contents of the file and assign and export to $INPUT.6

<[/path/to/file]=:

Include a file. Effectively . /path/to/file.

<0-INPUT:

Import from stdin and assign and export to $INPUT (you may also use this to input other file descriptors into variables using 0, 3, 4, j, etc... respectively; at this moment only single letter file descriptors will be supported).

<0=:

Import from stdin and evaluate (you may also use this to input other file descriptors into variables using 0, 3, 4, j, etc... respectively; at this moment only single letter file descriptors will be supported).

User Input

<?-INPUT Prompt?:

Request input from user.

<!-INPUT Prompt?:

Request input from user (password mode).

<?= Prompt?:

Request input from user and evaluate it.

<!= Prompt?:

Request input from user and evaluate it. (password mode).