makesure

Simple task/command runner with declarative goals and dependencies

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Simple task/command runner with declarative goals and dependencies

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2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	0	3
2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	0	2

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xonix·Dec 8, 2021

Idempotence is achievable elegantly with makesure tool [1] using @reached_if directive [2]. Full disclosure - I’m the author of the tool. [1] https://github.com/xonixx/makesure [2] https://github.com/xonixx/makesure#reached_if

In How to write idempotent Bash scripts (2019)

xonix·Oct 1, 2021Submission

Show HN: Zero-install task/command runner implemented in Awk

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todsacerdoti·Sep 30, 2021Submission

Simple task/command runner with declarative goals and dependencies

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xonix·Apr 3, 2021

I personally have found that AWK is a surprisingly good alternative to shells for scripts bigger than average. Why? 1. Portability (AWK is a part of POSIX) 2. Very clean syntax 3. Powerful associative arrays 4. Super-powerful string manipulations facilities 5. Easy shell interoperability As an example here is a simplistic build tool [1] I’ve developed in AWK. As you can check [2] it runs unchanged under Linux/macOS/Win (via Git Bash). [1] https://github.com/xonixx/makesure/blob/main/makesure.awk [2] https://github.com/xonixx/makesure/actions/runs/702594092

In How to do things safely in Bash (2018)