powscript
transpiler written in bash: painless shellscript, indentbased, coffee for the shell with hipster-sparkles v1 BETA LANDED 🎉🎉🎉🎉 thanks fcard!
How to install powscript
brew install bash powscript use case
Transpile indentation-based shell scripts into portable bash/sh scripts for easier, more modern scripting.
When to use powscript
- Writing complex shell scripts that benefit from a cleaner, CoffeeScript-like syntax
- Avoiding common bash pitfalls like missing semicolons or complex quoting
- Rapidly prototyping shell scripts with modules and built-in error handling
When not to use powscript
- Simple one-liner commands or very short scripts where bash syntax is sufficient
- Environments requiring strict POSIX sh compatibility (output to sh is experimental)
- Teams unfamiliar with indentation-based syntax or who prefer standard bash
powscript features
- · Indentation-based syntax similar to CoffeeScript
- · Transpiles to bash or sh (experimental)
- · Built-in functions like require_cmd and require_env
- · Module support and error handling with custom messages
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