toush - a touch++

$ toush src/engines/thomas.js,henry.js src/controllers/fat.js,thin.js

toush does three things in one command:

1. Creates directories from the paths given.
2. Creates the files.
3. Opens the files in your IDE of choice.

install:

$ npm install -g toush

Why toush ?

• Primarily intended to help make better tutorials. Its great when tutorials provide mkdir and touch snippets - less thought impedance than mouse clicking in IDE. Toush is three times faster than mkdir,touch, open. Also works for Windows.

• Secondarily, power user way of creating/opening files during development. Try it, you'll never go back!

Examples:

Just open all existing files in a dir:

$ toush src/engines/*

Open all existing .ts files in all sub-directories:

$ toush src/**/*.ts

Create/open multiple files per directory (comma separted files per dir):

$ toush src/engines/thomas.js,henry.js src/controllers/fat.js,thin.js

Tradiltional equivalent of the above (dont need to do it this verbose way anymore!)

$ toush src/engines/thomas.js src/engines/henry.js src/controllers/fat.js src/controllers/thin.js

Should you want to create empty directories, end param string with fwd slash:

$ toush src/empty/dir/for/later/  ./and/another/  and-make/this-file-by-the-by.js

configure

By default 'code' is executed to open the files in vscode. To change this, say to 'open' for Theia IDE (Apache Che, Gitpod):

toush -c open

This creates a toushrc file in your current directory. You can simply move the file to any higher up directory to share config across different projects.

Changelog

V0.0.4

• Set how to open IDE with toush -c. Move touchrc file to parent directory to reuse across projects. Tested with Theia IDE - gitpod, Apache Che ( set to open). For vscode set to code.
• Guards against destructive abuse.

V0.0.3

• Switched to Typescript.

V0.0.2

• Updated with globbing.

• Run tested ok on mac, linux, windows.

v0.0.1

• initial release
• Why as a global npm not just a bash script/binary etc? - portable, ease of installation, ease of extension.