path_expander¶ ↑

home: github.com/seattlerb/path_expander
rdoc: docs.seattlerb.org/path_expander

DESCRIPTION:¶ ↑

PathExpander helps pre-process command-line arguments expanding directories into their constituent files. It further helps by providing additional mechanisms to make specifying subsets easier with path subtraction and allowing for command-line arguments to be saved in a file.

NOTE: this is NOT an options processor. It is a path processor (basically everything else besides options). It does provide a mechanism for pre-filtering cmdline options, but not with the intent of actually processing them in PathExpander. Use OptionParser to deal with options either before or after passing ARGV through PathExpander.

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:¶ ↑

Processes command-line arguments.
Expands directories into files using custom globs.
Allows for negation of files.
Allows for use of files as persisted args.
Provides a .ignore mechanism for lightweight persistent exclusion.

SYNOPSIS:¶ ↑

class MyPathExpander < PathExpander
  MY_GLOB = "**/*.rb"

  def initialize args = ARGV
    super args, MY_GLOB
  end
end

MyPathExpander.new(ARGV, my_glob).process.each do |f|
  # do something with each file
end

REQUIREMENTS:¶ ↑

ruby

INSTALL:¶ ↑

sudo gem install path_expander

LICENSE:¶ ↑

(The MIT License)

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.