What about you? Do you write CLI tools? If so, what tricks have you been using? Are you into TUIs and interactivity?
I have written a handful of them in Ruby and submitted a few to a Go project.
One thing to consider is how your CLI app will leverage piping data. I settled on a nice event loop in Ruby; here's the CLI app's help and handler
A very good point. Especially if you are piping big amounts of data, it is important to have proper buffer and input handling.
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I have written a handful of them in Ruby and submitted a few to a Go project.
One thing to consider is how your CLI app will leverage piping data. I settled on a nice event loop in Ruby; here's the CLI app's help and handler
A very good point. Especially if you are piping big amounts of data, it is important to have proper buffer and input handling.