jackmordaunt/run

Run things in sequence with shell-lite syntax with this minimal task runner.

run

Minimal task runner.

run is an extremely minimal task runner that supports a shell-lite syntax.

Install

git clone https://github.com/jackmordaunt/run
cd run
cargo install --path .

Use

An example run file:

// Build binary paramaterized by some C library.
$cc -o tmp.exe foo.c $lib 
// Run it with some arguments in a shell pipeline.
tmp.exe --flag-one $flag-one | tail $1
// Cleanup afterward.
rm *.exe 

Run it like this:

run build.run -cc gcc -lib foobar.h -flag-one foo 10

Syntax

Very simple. '$' denotes a variable. Words declare named variables, numbers declare positional variables. Comments are C-like, denoted by '//'.

For example:

// Positional variables.
echo $1 $2 $3
// Named variables.
echo $foo $bar $baz

Remarks

• For personal use (experimental, use at your own risk).
• Highly portable because it's minimal.
• Sick of looking at powershell, bash, make, and co.
• Does the 80% solution of running paramatarised commands in sequence.
• Features added via personal workflow.
• Not trying to support the universe.
• No turing complete language included.