script_finder

• http://github.com/tobias/script_finder

script_finder provides a script (called s) that searches in and up from the current dir for a folder (default: script/) containing an executable file uniquely identified by the a prefix given as the first argument. It then calls that executable, passing the rest of the arguments to the called executable. If the given prefix is ambiguous, the script suggests unique prefixes.

Examples (in a rails 2.x app):

~/rails_app/app/views$ s c
--> calling '/Users/tobias/rails_app/script/console'
Loading development environment (Rails 2.1.0)
>> exit
~/rails_app/app/views$ s r 'some ruby'
's r' was ambiguous. Try:
    's ru' for 'script/runner'
    's re' for 'script/remote'
~/rails_app/app/views$ s ru 'some ruby'
--> calling '/Users/tobias/rails_app/script/runner some ruby'
...

The gem is not rails specific - out of the box it will work with any project that has a script/ directory. If you want to make your own version of the s script that looks for executables in a different dir (I would save this one as c):

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'script_finder/script_finder'

# looks for executables in a commands/ dir instead of script/.
ScriptFinder.find_and_execute(ARGV, 'commands')

This gem also provides a r script for rails 3.x support. Example:

~/rails_app/app/views$ r c
--> calling 'rails console'
Loading development environment (Rails 3.0.3)
>> exit 
~/rails_app/app/views$ r d some_model
'r d' was ambiguous. Try:
'r de' for 'rails destroy'
	'r db' for 'rails dbconsole'
~/rails_app/app/views$ r de some_model
--> calling 'rails destroy some_model'
...

• The rails script ('r') currently only supports the builtin rails commands
• The gem may not yet properly handle quoted arguments

Email me at: tcrawley@gmail.com if you find any problems.

• gem install script_finder

• Robert R. Meyer

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