Run commands easily.
Kwt reads from a repository of YAMLs of templated commands, and enables the user to render and execute the commands with arguments provided at run-time. It can help to
- Avoid re-typing long commands over and over for routine tasks.
- Version control and share commands.
Linux & Mac through Homebrew.
brew install bettercallshao/tap/kwt
Windows through Scoop.
scoop bucket add bettercallshao https://github.com/bettercallshao/scoop-bucket
scoop install bettercallshao/kwt
Or download latest zip from releases, extract, and put the binary files on your system path.
Kick start by ingesting the demo menus.
kwt i -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bettercallshao/kwt-menus/master/python-demo.yaml
kwt i -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bettercallshao/kwt-menus/master/developer-demo.yaml
See a list of commands by running kwt h.
NAME:
kwt - Run commands easily.
USAGE:
kwt [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
VERSION:
v0.5.2-20201123005537
COMMANDS:
start, s Starts executor for a menu
ingest, i Ingests menu locally from a source
developer-demo, d Developer commands for demo
python-demo, p Python commands for demo
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--help, -h show help (default: false)
--version, -v print the version (default: false)
start,ingest,help,--help,--versionare global arguments.python-demoanddeveloper-demoare command definitions.
Check what is in python-demo by kwt p -h.
NAME:
kwt python-demo - Python commands for demo
USAGE:
kwt python-demo command [command options] [arguments...]
COMMANDS:
uuid, u Generate a UUID
forex-rate, f Print forex rates
mortgage-calculator, m Calculate mortgage payment
bit-expander, b Convert between decimal, hex, and bit representations
csv-to-markdown, c Convert a CSV to markdown table
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
OPTIONS:
--help, -h show help (default: false)
--version, -v print the version (default: false)
Check what forex-rate does with kwt p f -h.
NAME:
kwt python-demo forex-rate - Print forex rates
USAGE:
kwt python-demo forex-rate [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--base value, -b value Base currency (default: "USD")
--symbols value, -s value Comma separated currency symbol list (default: "CAD,GBP")
--dry, -d render command but don't run (default: false)
--help, -h show help (default: false)
--dry,--helpare flags defined bykwt.--base,--symbolsare input arguments, with default values.
Lets try EUR to JPY and AUD.
$ kwt p f -b EUR -s JPY,AUD
On 2020-11-13
1 EUR can buy 123.88 JPY
1 EUR can buy 1.63 AUD
Use the --dry flag to see what actually ran.
$ kwt p f -b EUR -s AUD -d
template: python3 -u -c "
import urllib.request
import urllib.parse
import json
url = 'https://api.exchangeratesapi.io/latest?base={{.base}}&symbols={{.symbols}}'
r = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url))
date = r['date']
rates = r['rates']
print(f'On {date}')
print('\n'.join(
f'1 {{.base}} can buy {rates[symbol]:.2f} {symbol}'
for symbol in rates
))
"
rendered: python3 -u -c "
import urllib.request
import urllib.parse
import json
url = 'https://api.exchangeratesapi.io/latest?base=EUR&symbols=AUD'
r = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url))
date = r['date']
rates = r['rates']
print(f'On {date}')
print('\n'.join(
f'1 EUR can buy {rates[symbol]:.2f} {symbol}'
for symbol in rates
))
"
First the command template was printed, then the command rendered with input arguments. The command is defined in $HOME/.kwt/python-demo.yaml.
name: python-demo
version: v0.1.0
help: Python commands for demo
actions:
- name: forex-rate
help: Print forex rates
template: |
python3 -u -c "
import urllib.request
import urllib.parse
import json
url = 'https://api.exchangeratesapi.io/latest?base={{.base}}&symbols={{.symbols}}'
r = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url))
date = r['date']
rates = r['rates']
print(f'On {date}')
print('\n'.join(
f'1 {{.base}} can buy {rates[symbol]:.2f} {symbol}'
for symbol in rates
))
"
params:
- name: base
help: Base currency
value: USD
- name: symbols
help: Comma separated currency symbol list
value: CAD,GBPAdd to this file or create more YAMLs in $HOME/.kwt/ to add more commands. If some commands should only be available locally in a specific cwd, add the YAML in $CWD/.kwt/.
Kwt can also be run in conjunction with kwtd to give a web based user interface to the menus. Kwtd is installed as part of the kwt package and runs without arguments.
[kwtd] 2020/11/24 01:42:01 version: v0.5.2-20201123005537
[kwtd] 2020/11/24 01:42:01 starting kwtd ...
[kwtd] 2020/11/24 01:42:01 listening on http://127.0.0.1:7171
It is recommended to install kwtd as a start up service for convenience with the official helper menus.
For Windows (see help for more commands).
kwt i -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bettercallshao/kwt-menus/master/windows-kwtd.yaml
kwt windows-kwtd startup-add
For Mac (see help for more commands).
kwt i -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bettercallshao/kwt-menus/master/mac-kwtd.yaml
kwt mac-kwtd startup-add
Once kwtd is running, visit http://127.0.0.1:7171 in browser to find three sections.
- Channels - each channel is a placeholder for a kwt executor to connect to. If visited without active connection, it shows a blank message.
- Menus - each available menu can be viewed as a JSON.
- Ingestion - ingesting menus same as kwt.
As an example, we will run the csv-to-markdown command in the web interface. First open a terminal (with python3 available) and connect a kwt executor to kwtd (on channel 0 by default) declaring the python-demo menu.
kwt s -m python-demo
Logs are printed and the command should block and occupy the terminal. Now visit channel 0 on the page, click on csv-to-markdown, copy the following into the data param, press execute, then toggle markdown to render it.
Name,Icon,Website
Facebook,[](),https://facebook.com/
Twitter,[](),https://twitter.com/home
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