shaml

Read YAML files within bash

🔥 Usage

Program : shaml  by peter@forret.com
Version : v0.1.0 (Mar  3 16:48:21 2024)
Purpose : Read YAML files within bash
Usage   : shaml [-h] [-q] [-v] [-f] [-l <log_dir>] [-t <tmp_dir>] [-P <PREFIX>] <action> <input?> <key?> <default?>
Flags, options and parameters:
    -h|--help        : [flag] show usage [default: off]
    -q|--quiet       : [flag] no output [default: off]
    -v|--verbose     : [flag] also show debug messages [default: off]
    -f|--force       : [flag] do not ask for confirmation (always yes) [default: off]
    -l|--log_dir <?> : [option] folder for log files   [default: /$HOME/log/shaml]
    -t|--tmp_dir <?> : [option] folder for temp files  [default: /tmp/shaml]
    -P|--PREFIX <?>  : [option] variable prefix
    <action>         : [choice] action to perform  [options: all,find,check,env,update]
    <input>          : [parameter] input file (optional)
    <key>            : [parameter] key to find (for shaml find) (optional)
    <default>        : [parameter] default value (for shaml find) (optional)

### TIPS & EXAMPLES
* use shaml all to convert YAML file to level1_level2_key=value lines
  shaml all
* use shaml find to find the value of 1 YAML key in a file
  shaml find key default
* use shaml check to check if this script is ready to execute and what values the options/flags are
  shaml check
* use shaml env to generate an example .env file
  shaml env > .env
* use shaml update to update to the latest version
  shaml update
* >>> bash script created with pforret/bashew
* >>> for bash development, also check out pforret/setver and pforret/progressbar

⚡️ Examples

shaml all

Input:

# comment start on col 1
Word: one # comment starts after
Sentence: "one sentence"
level1:
  level2:
    level3:
      level4:
        level5:
          level6: "sixth level"

Months:
  - January
  - February
  - March

Author:
  Name: "John Doe"
  Address: "123 Main St, Anytown, USA"
  Tags:
    Hobbies:
      - "Fishing"
      - "Waterpolo"

shaml all input.yaml will output:

Word="one"
Sentence="one sentence"
level1_level2_level3_level4_level5_level6="sixth level"
Months+=("January")
Months+=("February")
Months+=("March")
Author_Name="John Doe"
Author_Address="123 Main St, Anytown, USA"
Author_Tags_Hobbies+=("Fishing")
Author_Tags_Hobbies+=("Waterpolo")

shaml find

Sentence="$(shaml find input.yaml Sentence)"
# Sentence="one sentence"

Optional="$(shaml find input.yaml Optional "This is the default")"
# Optional="This is the default"

🚀 Installation

with basher

$ basher install pforret/shaml

or with git

$ git clone https://github.com/pforret/shaml.git
$ cd shaml

📝 Acknowledgements

• script created with bashew

© 2024 Peter Forret