zouch

Create a new file from a template.

Inspired by touch-alt and touch_erb.

Usage

NAME:
   zouch - Create a new file from a template

USAGE:
   zouch [files...]
   zouch --list
   zouch --preview [files...]
   zouch --add     [files...]

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --list, -l     list template files (default: false)
   --preview, -p  show template preview (default: false)
   --add, -A      add [files...] as new templates (default: false)
   -r             create directories as required (default: false)
   --force, -f    force update existing files (default: false)
   --verbose, -V  display verbose output (default: false)
   --help, -h     show help (default: false)
   --version, -v  print the version (default: false)

Examples

$ cat ~/.config/zouch/templates/today.txt
Today is {{ Now.Format "2006-01-02" }}!

$ zouch today.txt

$ cat today.txt
Today is 2021-05-02!

Variables

name	type	e.g.
.Filename	string	today.txt
.Filepath	string	full path of .Filename
.TemplateFilename	string	~/.config/zouch/templates/today.txt
.TemplateFilepath	string	same as .TemplateFilename

Functions

name	signature	implementation
Now	func() time.Time	time.Now
Base	func(string) string	path.Base
Ext	func(string) string	path.Ext
Dir	func(string) string	path.Dir
Abs	func(string) (string, error)	filepath.Abs
Getwd	func(string) (string, error)	os.Getwd
Getenv	func(string) string	os.Getenv
HasPrefix	func(string) bool	strings.HasPrefix
HasSuffix	func(string) bool	strings.HasSuffix
TrimPrefix	func(string, string) string	strings.TrimPrefix
TrimSuffix	func(string, string) string	strings.TrimSuffix
LowerCamelCase	func(string) string	strcase.LowerCamelCase
UpperCamelCase	func(string) string	strcase.UpperCamelCase
SnakeCase	func(string) string	strcase.SnakeCase
UpperSnakeCase	func(string) string	strcase.UpperSnakeCase
KebabCase	func(string) string	strcase.KebabCase
UpperKebabCase	func(string) string	strcase.UpperKebabCase
Replace	func(string, string, string, int) string	strings.Replace
ReplaceAll	func(string, string, string) string	strings.ReplaceAll
Shell	func(command string) (string, error)	exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", command).Output()
RegexReplaceAll	func(src string, pattern string, replace string) (string, error)	regexp.Compile(pattern).ReplaceAllString(src, replace)

Installation

From source

$ go get -u github.com/Ryooooooga/zouch

From precompiled binary

https://github.com/Ryooooooga/zouch/releases/

Using zinit

Add the following to your .zshrc.

zinit ice lucid wait"0" as"program" from"gh-r" \
    pick"zouch*/zouch"
zinit light 'Ryooooooga/zouch'

Using Homebrew

$ brew install ryooooooga/tap/zouch