USAGE

string [OPTIONS] [VERB] [VERB PARAMETERS...]

DESCRIPTION

string is a command line tool for transforming strings in common ways.

• string length
• changing cases
• checking for prefixes, suffixes
• trimming prefixes, suffixes and cutsets (i.e. list of characters to cut)
• position, counting and replacing substrings
• splitting a string into a JSON array of strings, joining JSON a string arrays into a string

OPTIONS

Below are a set of options available.

    -d, -delimiter           set the delimiter
    -do, -output-delimiter   set the output delimiter
    -e, -examples            display examples
    -generate-manpage        generate man page
    -generate-markdown       generate Markdown documentation
    -h, -help                display help
    -i, -input               input file name
    -l, -license             display license
    -nl, -newline            if true add a trailing newline
    -o, -output              output file name
    -quiet                   suppress error messages
    -v, -version             display version

EXAMPLES

Convert text to upper case

string toupper "one"

Convert text to lower case

string tolower "ONE"

Captialize an English phrase

string englishtitle "one more thing to know"

Split a space newline delimited list of words into a JSON array

string -i wordlist.txt split "\n"

Join a JSON array of strings into a newline delimited list

string join '\n' '["one","two","three","four","five"]'

string v0.0.25