Ditto

Ditto is a command line tool for generating text files from an CSV and a Handlebars.js template.

Examples

Batch: Creating Multiple Files From an CSV

ditto batch -i data.csv -t template.txt -o "{{Name}}.csv"

data.csv

Name,PhoneNumber,Email
John,0412345678,[email protected]
Bob,9876 5432,[email protected]

template.txt

String name = "{{Name}}";
String phoneNumber = "{{PhoneNumber}}";
String email = "{{Email}}";

The resulting output is:

John.txt

String name = "John";
String phoneNumber = "0412345678";
String email = "[email protected]";

Bob.txt

String name = "Bob";
String phoneNumber = "9876 5432";
String email = "[email protected]";

Single: Creating a File From an CSV

ditto single -i data.csv -t template.txt -o "output.txt"

data.csv

Name,Colour
Alexis,Red
Thierry,White
Theo,Blue

template.txt

{{#each records}}
Name: {{Name}}
Colour: {{Colour}}
{{/each}}

The resulting output is: output.txt

Name: Alexis
Colour: Red
Name: Thierry
Colour: White
Name: Theo
Colour: Blue