Condensed CLI

A flexible Node.js CLI tool to compile multiple files from a folder into a single file or clipboard, with robust gitignore-like filtering.

🚀 Features

• 📁 Compile multiple files from a source directory into a single output
• 🔍 Respect .gitignore rules automatically
• 📋 Option to copy compiled content directly to clipboard
• 🧩 Flexible ignore pattern support
• 💻 Easy-to-use command-line interface

📦 Installation

You can install the package globally using npm:

npm install -g condensed

Or install it as a dev dependency in your project:

npm install --save-dev condensed

💡 Usage

Basic Usage

Compile files from a source directory to an output file:

condensed /path/to/source /path/to/output.txt

Copy to Clipboard

Compile files and copy directly to clipboard:

condensed /path/to/source -c

Additional Ignore Patterns

Add custom ignore patterns alongside .gitignore:

condensed /path/to/source /path/to/output.txt -i "node_modules,*.log"

🔧 CLI Options

| Option | Shorthand | Description | Example | | ------------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | --output | -o | Specify output file path | -o compiled.txt | | --ignore | -i | Additional ignore patterns (comma-separated) | -i "node_modules,*.log" | | --clipboard | -c | Copy output to clipboard | -c |

📝 Example Scenarios

1. Compile a project's source code:

condensed ./src ./combined-source.txt

2. Copy TypeScript files to clipboard, excluding test files:

condensed ./src -c -i "**/*.test.ts,**/*.spec.ts"

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Development Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Build the project: npm run build
4. Run tests: npm test

📄 License

MIT License

🐛 Issues

Found a bug? Please file an issue on our GitHub repository.