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@anttargett/ant

v1.0.0

Published

Node CLI tool that prints Ant aski art :D

Readme

Ant CLI Tool (ant tool)

The aim of this small project is to serve as a Template project for other command line Nodejs projects.

Idea from Kyle Robinson Young who created a cli tool that printed out ascii art

Cli tool that prints out aski ant art when typing in the command ant :ant:

Find my package here :ant:

To install

npm install -g ant

Commands

Default command specification is the print command

  • -h/--help : Lists out commands and options
  • -v/--version: Displays version number
  • list : List the files available in the asciiArt directory
  • print : prints out a random ascii art based on the current file
  • set [file] : Takes a filename arguement and sets the current file to that txt file

Example

To do

  • [x] Swap between files
  • [x] Add Colour :ok_hand:
  • [ ] Add documentation for adding your own ascii file
  • [ ] Add gif to show CLI usage
  • [ ] Update Feedback function
  • [ ] Convert to Typescript
  • [ ] Add Testing