faraazahmad / Shellrb
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ShellRB - Unix shell commands using Ruby
ShellRB is a portable (Windows / Linux / macOS) implementation of Unix shell commands on top of the Ruby's modules. You can use it to eliminate your shell script's dependency on Unix, while still keeping its familiar and powerful commands.
Inspired from ShellJS/Shx.
Example
Here's a sneak peek at how it feels to use ShellRB:
[email protected]: /home/faraaz> ls
foo
bar
shellrb
...
[email protected]: /> cd home
[email protected]: /home> cd faraaz
[email protected]: /home/faraaz> pwd
/home/faraaz
Why ShellRB
I've been using Linux for my development environment ever since I jumped onto the open-source bandwagon. Often, I've wondered, what would people do if they really wanted to use a Bash-like shell on Windows without the hassle of firing-up a Linux-based OS VM.
Enter ShellRB. The goal is to build a Bash-like shell in Ruby that runs cross-platform, is easy to maintain (has tests for every feature), and is friendly to new contributors.
Installation
Prerequisites
- Make sure you have Ruby and Git installed (pretty obvious, right?).
On macOS, Ruby comes pre-installed, on Linux you can install it preferably using RVM, and on Windows, you may have to install Git and Ruby using their installers from here and here respectively.
- Once you have the above installed, you will also need to install the
rakegem. You can install that using:
gem install rake
Install ShellRB
- Clone the repository using Git and
cdinto it:
git clone https://github.com/faraazahmad/shellrb.git
cd shellrb
- Install the required gems:
rake install
ShellRB is now installed. You can now run it using:
rake run
Updating the gems
To update the gems that ShellRB depends upon, just run:
rake update
Updating ShellRB
To get the latest build of ShellRB, (you may have guessed it), simply run:
rake upgrade
Contributing
Want to contribute to ShellRB? Great! You can find the contributing guidelines here.
Code of Conduct
We highly appreciate good behaviour and kind treatment of others. See our Code of Conduct.