LIJUCHACKO / expand-template

Create text file containing repeated/incremental/decremental pattern from a given template. It is very useful especially when you want create table for a relational database.

EXPANDTEMPLATE

This utility creates text file containing repeated/incremental/decremental patterns on the basis of a given template. It is very useful especially when you want to create table for a relational database

USAGE

INPUT FILE

• sample_template.txt

---

#SEQ1 srno=1:step:99
//* Heading- (this is a comment)
#FOR entries=1:1:noofentries
<<srno:3>>)  Entry no=<<entries>>
#END_FOR
#END_SEQ1

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• Note: Read "writing expand template script.pdf" for help

EXPANDING

• command line usage

  ./expandtemplate sample_template.txt output_file.txt step:2 noofentries:10

  ./expandtemplate [input file] [output file] [variable name:value].......

  --include_comments will include comments in the output file(from input file) (for debugging purpose)

• Note: All computations are integer based

OUTPUT

• output_file.txt

---

001)    Entry no=1
003)    Entry no=2
005)    Entry no=3
007)    Entry no=4
009)    Entry no=5
011)    Entry no=6
013)    Entry no=7
015)    Entry no=8
017)    Entry no=9
019)    Entry no=10

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