adding cli_helper file

README.md

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 cli_helper
 ==========
 
-Helper functions for writing command line scripts in CodeIgniter
+Helper functions for writing command line scripts in CodeIgniter.

cli_helper.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * Command Line Helper
+ * 
+ * functions to assist in writing CLI  scripts
+ *
+ * @package       cli_hepler
+ * @author        Glenn Stovall
+ * @version       1.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ *  print line
+ * 
+ * @param string
+ * @return null
+ */  
+function pl($input) 
+{
+  echo $input . PHP_EOL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * prints an array in a human-readable format
+ * 
+ * @param array
+ * @return null
+ * 
+ */
+function pl_array($input) 
+{
+  if(!empty($input) && is_array($input)) {
+    foreach($input as $key => $value) {
+      pl("[" .$key. "] => " . $value);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * prints a horizontal line break
+ * 
+ * @param int
+ * @return null
+ * 
+ */
+function line_break($length = 40) 
+{
+  $output = "";
+  for($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
+    $output .= '-';
+  }
+  return $output;
+}