extensible

Extensible Command Example

Demonstrates how to allow your script's users to add more commands to your script (in any language), without requiring them to edit your script.

This example was generated with:

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

---

bashly.yml

name: cli
help: Sample application that can be externally extended
version: 0.1.0

# Setting `extensible` to `true` will cause the execution of `cli anything` to
# look for an executable script named `cli-anything` in the PATH, and invoke it
# if it is found.
extensible: true

commands:
- name: upload
  alias: u
  help: Upload a file
  args:
  - name: source
    required: true
    help: File to upload

- name: download
  alias: d
  help: Download a file

  args:
  - name: source
    required: true
    help: File to download

cli-status

#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo "This is an external executable that serves as an extension to"
echo "the cli app."
echo "If placed in the path, it will be executed whenever someone runs:"
echo "$ cli status <any argument>"
echo ""
echo "Received args: $@"

Output

$ ./cli

cli - Sample application that can be externally extended

Usage:
  cli COMMAND
  cli [COMMAND] --help | -h
  cli --version | -v

Commands:
  upload     Upload a file
  download   Download a file

$ ./cli status --some --flags

This is an external executable that serves as an extension to
the cli app.
If placed in the path, it will be executed whenever someone runs:
$ cli status <any argument>

Received args: --some --flags