poke

because touch lacks meaning

demo

Poke is a bash command, much like touch but with some brains to it. It is used to create a template for the programming language of your file.

Using poke

If you just want to see poke in action, clone the repository and call the poke command:

git clone https://github.com/GleasonK/poke.git
cd poke/
./poke Test.java

Now, to use poke all you have to do is add the poke folder to your PATH variable. It is important that poke and tmpl/ remain in the same folder.

Usage

poke [-lang|--flag] filename

The most basic usage is creating a new file, simply include the extension and if there is a template, poke will use it.

poke FileName.ext

Flags can be used to edit templates, or specify which template to use regardless of file extension. Available flags include:

Flag Description
-h|--help The full filename with extension
--edit [lang] The filename without extension
-j|--java Creates file with Java template
-c Creates file with C template
-cpp|--c++ Creates file with C++ template
-cs|--c# Creates file with C# template
-f|--f# Creates file with F# template
-g|--go Creates file with Go template

Currently the following languages have templates:

Some of these languages I do not use often, so templates are based off internet searches, feel free to enhance them and submit a pull request!

Contributing

Please do contribute to this repository, I only use so many languages so the templates I provide are probably not the best. However, creating or modifying templates is easy!

The poke script checks the file extension (Ex: Kevin.java) and looks for a matching file poke.java in the /tmpl folder. When making templates, you have access to a few variables:

Variable Description
$FILE The full filename with extension
$FNAME The filename without extension
$DATE Date that the file was created

See poke.java for a good example of template creation.

Let me know if you have any suggestions for the future of this script!