xet 0.5.0

CLI Tool for quickly updating values across your project/machine.

xet CLI Usage Guide

Overview

xet is a command-line tool for managing and modifying values in multiple files using a configuration file (.xet). It supports various methods of identifying and modifying values, including tags, line/column positions, and regular expressions.

Installation

Ensure you have Python 3 installed. Place the script in a directory included in your system's PATH and make it executable:

chmod +x xet/xet 
cp xet/xet /usr/local/bin/xet

You can also just run the install.sh script which should do the same in most cases.

Commands

Initialize Configuration

xet init

• Options:
  • -g, --global: Global Mode. Creates a .xet file in the XDG_CONFIG_HOME folder instead of locally.

Creates an empty .xet if it does not already exist.

Any xet command will use the .xet file in the immediate directory, unless the -g, --global flag is set, then the global .xet file will be used instead.

xet edit

• Options:
  • -g, --global: Edit the global .xet instead of the local one.

Opens .xet in your standard editor or nano.

Add Entries to Configuration

Add a Tag-Based Entry

xet add tag <name> <filepath> <tag> [options]

• <name>: Identifier for the entry in xet.cfg.
• <filepath>: Path to the target file.
• <tag>: The string identifying the line to modify.
• Options:
  • -f, --flags <flags>: Optional flags for filtering.
  • -w, --wrapper <char>: Wrap the value with a character (e.g., quotes), also gets stripped in get mode.
  • -o, --occurences <index or slice>: Specify which occurrences to modify (string formatted like a list index in python, can be slices).
  • -e, --end <str>: Will get appended in the line after value and wrappers, also gets stripped in get mode.
  • -d, --padding <int>: Number of whitespace-padding which gets added after tag and before end.
  • -p, --preset <str> <str>: Name and value of preset, option can be repeated to add multiple presets.
  • -s, --ssh <str>: Hostname of ssh-host the file is found at, as found in openSSH config file.
  • -g, --global: Add the entry to the global .xet.

Add a Line/Column-Based Entry

xet add lc <name> <filepath> <line> <column> [options]

• <line>: Line number
• <column>: Column position after which the value is placed.
• Options:
  • -f, --flags <flags>: Optional flags for filtering.
  • -w, --wrapper <char>: Wrap the value with a character (e.g., quotes), also gets stripped in get mode.
  • -e, --end <str>: Will get appended in the line after value and wrappers, also gets stripped in get mode.
  • -d, --padding <int>: Amount of whitespace-padding which gets added after tag and before end.
  • -p, --preset <str> <str>: Name and value of preset, option can be repeated to add multiple presets.
  • -s, --ssh <str>: Hostname of ssh-host the file is found at, as found in openSSH config file.
  • -g, --global: Add the entry to the global .xet.

Add a Regex-Based Entry

xet add regex <name> <filepath> <regex> [options]

• <regex>: Regular expression to match values.
• Options:
  • -f, --flags <flags>: Optional flags for filtering.
  • -c, --capture-group <int>: Capture group number to update.
  • -o, --occurences <index or slice>: Specify which occurrences to modify (string formatted like a list index in python, can be slices).
  • -w, --wrapper <char>: Wrap the value with a character (e.g., quotes), also gets stripped in get mode.
  • -p, --preset <str> <str>: Name and value of preset, option can be repeated to add multiple presets.
  • -s, --ssh <str>: Hostname of ssh-host the file is found at, as found in openSSH config file.
  • -g, --global: Add the entry to the global .xet.

Get Values from Configured Files

xet get [-e <flags>] [-o <flags>] [-n <names>]

Options:

• -e, --except <flags>: Exclude entries with specified flags.
• -o, --only <flags>: Include only entries with specified flags.
• -n, --names <names>: Include only entries with specified names.
• -g, --global: Use the global .xet.

Set Values in Configured Files

xet set <value> [-e <flags>] [-o <flags>] [-n <names>]

• <value>: The new value to be set. Options:
  • -e, --except <flags>: Exclude entries with specified flags.
  • -o, --only <flags>: Include only entries with specified flags.
  • -n, --names <names>: Include only entries with specified names.
  • -g, --global: Use the global .xet.

Set Values to Preset

xet preset <preset>

• <preset>: Name of the preset to be set.
• Options:
  • -g, --global: Use the global .xet.

Remove an Entry

xet remove <name>

• <name>: Name of the entry to be removed.
• Options:
  • -g, --global: Remove the specified entry from the global .xet.

Removes the specified entry from .xet file.

Example Usage

1. Initialize Configuration:

   xet init
   

2. Add a Tag-Based Entry:

   xet add tag version ./config.txt VERSION= -w '"'
   

3. Get Values:

   xet get
   

4. Set a New Value:

   xet set "2.0.1"
   

5. Remove an Entry:

   xet remove version