NAME
Xarpite (xa) - An interpreted language for one-liners
SYNOPSIS
$ xa ' "Hello, World!" '
# Hello, World!
$ xa '1 .. 3 | x => [1 .. 3 | x * _] >> CSV'
# 1,2,3
# 2,4,6
# 3,6,9
$ seq 1 3 | xa 'IN | +_ * 10'
# 10
# 20
# 30
$ echo '{"a": [10, {"b": 30}, 20]}' | xa 'IN | _.$*.a.1.b'
# 30
$ xa 'f := n -> n <= 0 ? 1 : n * f(n - 1); f(5)'
# 120
$ xa '(f -> f(f))(f -> n -> n <= 0 ? 1 : n * f(f)(n - 1))(5)'
# 120
DESCRIPTION
Xarpite (/ˈʃɑrpaɪt/) is an interpreted language designed for one-liner scripts.
It aims to provide flexibility and functionality in a minimal amount of code
with most of the basic features accessible through operators.
Its command-line interface is optimized for writing executable programs with minimal code.
For example, the command $ xa ' "Hello, World!" ' will display Hello, World!.
PLAYGROUND
An online playground is available for running Xarpite and trying examples interactively.
Xarpite Playground
INSTALLATION
Download into the current directory
Run the following command to download Xarpite into ./xarpite/ in the current directory.
curl -s https://mirrgieriana.github.io/xarpite/download.sh | bash
Verify the downloaded Xarpite with the following command:
$ ./xarpite/xarpite -e ' "Hello, World!" '
Hello, World!
Install into your environment
Run the following command to install Xarpite into any directory and create links to the executables in any directory.
curl -s https://mirrgieriana.github.io/xarpite/install.sh | bash -s <install_dir> <bin_dir>
The following command installs it for a single user.
curl -s https://mirrgieriana.github.io/xarpite/install.sh | bash -s ~/.local/share/xarpite ~/.local/bin
The following command installs it system-wide.
curl -s https://mirrgieriana.github.io/xarpite/install.sh | sudo bash -s /usr/local/lib/xarpite /usr/local/bin
Download from Maven Central Repository
You can also download Xarpite binaries directly from Maven Central Repository.
https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/github/mirrgieriana/xarpite-bin/
DOCUMENTATION
The Xarpite logo and icon use the font Monaspace Krypton.
