pyCLiFF 0.1

pyCLiFF is a simple utility designed to remove the boilerplate and annoyances from command line filters.<br /><br />In *nix there is a tradition of using pipes to connact many programs together when processing data. The programs are usually very single transformations on text. This text may come in from a file or from stdin, and leave via file or stdout. This pattern is ubiquitous in *nix programming, allowing for very powerful command line usage. Such tools frequently (mostly?) follow the this<br />pattern:<br /><br />1. Setup/handle arguments<br />2. Mainloop:<br /><br />A. Read line from input file (stdin or file)<br />B. Process that line in some way<br />C. Output the result of processing.<br /><br />3. Cleanup and exit.<br /><br />The above pattern results in many programs with a large portion of boilerplate code, and a few dozen lines of unique application code. pyCLiFF is an attempt to cover all the parts of a command line filter that are not unique. (Usually this means step B above).<br /><br />md5=e4edd4d9602c2bdf0c77b824c526ab4d

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	*nix, Linux
Keyword:	Arguments,  Boilerplate,  Cleanup,  Command,  Exitthe,  Fileb,  Input,  Large,  Mainloopa,  Output,  Parts,  Pattern,  Process,  Processing,  Programs,  Pycliff,  Result,  Setuphandle,  Stdin,  Unique
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