Command-line Helpers // software utilities

Advantages of command-line Helpers

Just useful:

• dedicated for usual tasks
• short syntax
• usually faster than one-liners with usual core-utils.
• These software applications can be used with Abcd (in the generated files) or by the programmer for daily tasks.

List of Helpers:

• bany (Build Anywhere - build from any subdirectory)

  • bany all is similar to rt -U jake.jake jake all || rt -U Makefile make all || ...
  • However, Bany stops at first directory where either jake/make/ninja/cmake can be launched.

• cats (Cat and Squeeze blanks)

• cprec (Copy/Move with Recursive path)

• depmake (collect Dependency files generated by a compiler for Make)

  • Useful in a hook-script with Abc and Jake/make.

• lmt (Last Modified Time)

• lsrec (List Recursive)

• realpathrec (Real Path Recursive)

• regenide (Re-Generates project files for an IDE)

  • Useful in a hook-script with Abc and Jake/make.

• repls (Replace Strings)

• rmrec (Remove Recursive)

• rt (Run Time)

  • A great useful tool to collect data for benchmarks.

• runcaplog (Run and Capture output in Log file)

  • Allow to capture stdin, stdout and both, each in a different file.
  • Note that message mixing, when it happens, depends on: when/how the programs flush their output, OS behavior, if the 2 output channels are combined, etc.

• sortf (Sort File in place)

• touchrec (Touch Recursive)

• truncrec (Truncate file Recursive)

• upfind (go Up to Find given path)

• waitkey (Wait for a Key or until time elapses)

• weg (Wildcard Expressions Grep)

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