nthnn / minbox

Minbox is a simple, minimalistic command-line tool written in Rust, inspired by BusyBox. Made to learn Rust programming language.

minbox

Minbox is a simple, minimalistic command-line tool written in Rust, inspired by BusyBox. The only reason I'm developing this project is to learn Rust programming.

Batteries Included

Available commands:

del [files...]  # Delete files and/or folders.
dir             # Print the current working directory.
dt [format]     # Get date and time with optional format.
f               # List files and folder with some metadata.
md <name>       # Create folder with specified name.
mf <name>       # Create file with specified name.
r <name> [--with_lines, -l] [--from <number>, -f <number>] [--to, -t]
                # Read file with optional line numbers and range.
say [string...] # Echo strings in console.

Getting Started

To get started with minbox, you need qrepo, rustc, and cargo installed on your system. Then, you can type the following on your command line:

git clone https://github.com/nthnn/minbox.git --depth 1
cd minbox
qrepo run build

This will build the minbox from source files. If you want to install it to your system binary path, type the following:

qrepo run install

License

Ladivic is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. For further details, refer to the LICENSE file.