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@mikermcneil/kit

v1.4.1

Published

A couple of command-line utilities.

Readme

kit

kit

A simple command-line tool with a few handy tools, including:

  • generating ASCII art from text
  • verifying package.json dependencies (vs. rodestead)
∑ kit about
•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •
  ___--¬___
 |~~ ``` ~~|
 |         |
 |_________|
 |_________|

kit vXX.XX.XX
(run kit for usage)

kit is a light-hearted grab bag of command-line utilities.
Feel free to fork, add whatever, and send PRs if you like.
https://github.com/mikermcneil/kit
•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •

Installation

∑ npm install -g @mikermcneil/kit

kit

∑ kit

  Usage: kit [options] <command>


  Commands:

    pkg         show the version of the package in the current directory
    deps        get the install footprint + versions of this package's dependencies
    exclaim     convert a message to ASCII art and copy it to your clipboard
    h1          exclaim a custom heading for your JavaScript code
    h2          exclaim a custom sub-heading for your JavaScript code
    about       what is kit?
    help [cmd]  display help for [cmd]

  Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information
    -V, --version  output the version number

kit pkg

∑ cd /code/sails
∑ kit pkg
-----------------------------------------------------------------
sails
API-driven framework for building realtime apps, using MVC conventions (based on Express and Socket.io)
v0.12.4
MIT License

> http://npmjs.org/package/sails
> http://github.com/balderdashy/sails/
-----------------------------------------------------------------

kit deps

∑ cd /code/machinepack-fs
machinepack-fs: ∑ kit deps
[email protected]                                            ~5.3 KB
[email protected]                                          ~5.96 KB
[email protected]  (~9.3.0)                                             ~1.06 MB
[email protected]                                                ~577.34 KB
[email protected]                                                     ~17.09 KB
[email protected]  (~2.0.0)                                 ~1.51 MB
[email protected]                                        ~2.26 MB
[email protected]  (~6.0.0)                                 ~2.51 MB
[email protected]                                                  ~317.26 KB

Altogether, dependencies weigh in at ~8.28 MB
(that will take an average of ~4.14 seconds on coffee shop internet)

 (Note that `devDependencies` and `optionalDependencies` were NOT included above.)

kit exclaim

∑ kit exclaim hello world!
-----------------------------------------------------------------
OK, I copied an ASCII-art-ified version of that message to your clipboard:

//  ██╗  ██╗███████╗██╗     ██╗      ██████╗     ██╗    ██╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ██╗     ██████╗ ██╗
//  ██║  ██║██╔════╝██║     ██║     ██╔═══██╗    ██║    ██║██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██║     ██╔══██╗██║
//  ███████║█████╗  ██║     ██║     ██║   ██║    ██║ █╗ ██║██║   ██║██████╔╝██║     ██║  ██║██║
//  ██╔══██║██╔══╝  ██║     ██║     ██║   ██║    ██║███╗██║██║   ██║██╔══██╗██║     ██║  ██║╚═╝
//  ██║  ██║███████╗███████╗███████╗╚██████╔╝    ╚███╔███╔╝╚██████╔╝██║  ██║███████╗██████╔╝██╗
//  ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝      ╚══╝╚══╝  ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═════╝ ╚═╝
//
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Options

∑ kit exclaim --help

  Usage: kit-exclaim [options]

  Options:

    -h, --help   output usage information
    -a, --args   the serial command-line arguments.
    -w, --width  the width before wrapping.
    -f, --font   the ASCII font to use.

Headings

∑ kit exclaim 'find user & populate projects' --width=15
-----------------------------------------------------------------
OK, I copied an ASCII-art-ified version of that message to your clipboard:

//  ███████╗██╗███╗   ██╗██████╗     ██╗   ██╗███████╗███████╗██████╗        ██╗
//  ██╔════╝██║████╗  ██║██╔══██╗    ██║   ██║██╔════╝██╔════╝██╔══██╗       ██║
//  █████╗  ██║██╔██╗ ██║██║  ██║    ██║   ██║███████╗█████╗  ██████╔╝    ████████╗
//  ██╔══╝  ██║██║╚██╗██║██║  ██║    ██║   ██║╚════██║██╔══╝  ██╔══██╗    ██╔═██╔═╝
//  ██║     ██║██║ ╚████║██████╔╝    ╚██████╔╝███████║███████╗██║  ██║    ██████║
//  ╚═╝     ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚═════╝      ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝    ╚═════╝
//
//  ██████╗  ██████╗ ██████╗ ██╗   ██╗██╗      █████╗ ████████╗███████╗
//  ██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██║   ██║██║     ██╔══██╗╚══██╔══╝██╔════╝
//  ██████╔╝██║   ██║██████╔╝██║   ██║██║     ███████║   ██║   █████╗
//  ██╔═══╝ ██║   ██║██╔═══╝ ██║   ██║██║     ██╔══██║   ██║   ██╔══╝
//  ██║     ╚██████╔╝██║     ╚██████╔╝███████╗██║  ██║   ██║   ███████╗
//  ╚═╝      ╚═════╝ ╚═╝      ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝   ╚═╝   ╚══════╝
//
//  ██████╗ ██████╗  ██████╗      ██╗███████╗ ██████╗████████╗███████╗
//  ██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗     ██║██╔════╝██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝██╔════╝
//  ██████╔╝██████╔╝██║   ██║     ██║█████╗  ██║        ██║   ███████╗
//  ██╔═══╝ ██╔══██╗██║   ██║██   ██║██╔══╝  ██║        ██║   ╚════██║
//  ██║     ██║  ██║╚██████╔╝╚█████╔╝███████╗╚██████╗   ██║   ███████║
//  ╚═╝     ╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚═════╝  ╚════╝ ╚══════╝ ╚═════╝   ╚═╝   ╚══════╝
//
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Sub-headings

∑ kit exclaim 'SEND EMAIL via mailgun' --width=25 --font='Calvin S'
-----------------------------------------------------------------
OK, I copied an ASCII-art-ified version of that message to your clipboard:

//  ╔═╗╔═╗╔╗╔╔╦╗  ╔═╗╔╦╗╔═╗╦╦    ┬  ┬┬┌─┐  ┌┬┐┌─┐┬┬  ┌─┐┬ ┬┌┐┌
//  ╚═╗║╣ ║║║ ║║  ║╣ ║║║╠═╣║║    └┐┌┘│├─┤  │││├─┤││  │ ┬│ ││││
//  ╚═╝╚═╝╝╚╝═╩╝  ╚═╝╩ ╩╩ ╩╩╩═╝   └┘ ┴┴ ┴  ┴ ┴┴ ┴┴┴─┘└─┘└─┘┘└┘
-----------------------------------------------------------------

kit h1

∑ kit h1 hi
-----------------------------------------------------------------
OK, I copied an ASCII-art-ified version of that message to your clipboard:

//  ██╗  ██╗██╗
//  ██║  ██║██║
//  ███████║██║
//  ██╔══██║██║
//  ██║  ██║██║
//  ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝
//
-----------------------------------------------------------------

kit h2


∑ kit h2 hi
-----------------------------------------------------------------
OK, I copied an ASCII-art-ified version of that message to your clipboard:

//  ┬ ┬┬
//  ├─┤│
//  ┴ ┴┴
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Credits

This module wouldn't be possible without @patorjk's amazing work on figlet.

See also:

Links / Reminders

License

MIT