command-paths

Command Paths Example

Demonstrates how to globally change the path used for command files and instruct bashly to read/write command files to nested sub-directories.

This is useful for scripts with many commands,

Note that the specified path is relative to the src folder.

See also: Command Filenames Example

This example was generated with:

$ bashly init
$ bashly add settings
# ... now edit settings.yml to match the example ...
# ... now edit src/bashly.yml to match the example ...
$ bashly generate

---

bashly.yml

name: docker
help: Docker example with nested command filenames
version: 0.1.0

flags:
- long: --debug
  short: -d
  help: Enable debug mode

commands:
- name: container
  alias: c*
  help: Container commands

  commands:
  - name: run
    help: Run a container
    args:
    - name: image
      help: Image name
      required: true

  - name: stop
    help: Stop a container
    args:
    - name: container
      help: Container name
      required: true

- name: image
  alias: i*
  help: Image commands

  commands:
  - name: ls
    alias: l
    help: Show all images

- name: ps
  help: List containers

  flags:
  - long: --all
    short: -a
    help: Show all containers

settings.yml

# The path to use for command files, relative to source_dir
# When set to nil (~), command files will be placed directly under source_dir
# When set to any other string, command files will be placed under this
# directory, and each command will get its own subdirectory

# commands_dir: ~
commands_dir: commands

Output

$ ./docker

docker - Docker example with nested command filenames

Usage:
  docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND
  docker [COMMAND] --help | -h
  docker --version | -v

Commands:
  container   Container commands
  image       Image commands
  ps          List containers

$ ./docker -h

docker - Docker example with nested command filenames

Usage:
  docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND
  docker [COMMAND] --help | -h
  docker --version | -v

Commands:
  container   Container commands
  image       Image commands
  ps          List containers

Global Options:
  --debug, -d
    Enable debug mode

  --help, -h
    Show this help

  --version, -v
    Show version number

$ ./docker container run alpine

# This file is located at 'src/commands/container/run.sh'.
# It contains the implementation for the 'docker container run' command.
# The code you write here will be wrapped by a function named 'docker_container_run_command()'.
# Feel free to edit this file; your changes will persist when regenerating.
args:
- ${args[image]} = alpine

$ ls -R src

src:
bashly.yml
commands

src/commands:
container
image
ps.sh

src/commands/container:
run.sh
stop.sh

src/commands/image:
ls.sh