gih (Guil's handlebars-cli)

Generate template from CLI using handlebars

Usage: gih [ [data.json]  | [ --KEY val ...] [[--t <TEMPLATE>]|<<<] [[--o <FILEOUT>]| >]
        --t or pipe in 
        --o or pipe out
        one datafile or keys
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Example: 
gih --t template.tpl --name allo --name bla > outfile.js
gih --t template.tpl --name allo --name bla --o outfile.js
cat template.handlebars | gih --KEY1 VALUE1 --KEY2 VALUE2 > outfile.ext
cat _render_TEMPLATE.sh.handlebars | gih --MODELNAME model_gia-ds-daliwill-210123-v02_new > render.sh 
gih --STCGOAL "That is my goal"<<<$(cat template.sh.handlebars)

Example:

echo "Hello {{name}}" | gih --name Test

Output:

Hello Test

You may also pass a JSON string as an argument and it will be interpreted as an object.

You can also pass a JSON file:

gih data.json < template.tpl > output.txt

install

npm install -g gih

include helper

gih comes with a built-in helper #include

{{{include 'api.md'}}}

You can also pass context (optional)

{{{include 'render.md.hbs' item}}}

license

MIT

distribution and extension

Guillaume Descoteaux-Isabelle, 2021