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io::toAbsolutePath

This function returns the absolute path of a path.

  • $1: path as string: The path to translate to absolute path.

Returns:

  • RETURNED_VALUE: The absolute path of the path.
io::toAbsolutePath "myFile"
local myFileAbsolutePath="${RETURNED_VALUE}"

This is a pure bash alternative to realpath or readlink.

io::listPaths

List all the paths in the given directory.

  • $1: directory as string: the directory to list
  • $2: recursive as bool: (optional) true to list recursively, false otherwise (defaults to false)
  • $3: hidden as bool: (optional) true to list hidden paths, false otherwise (defaults to false)
  • $4: path filter function name as string: (optional) a function name that is called to filter the paths that will be listed The function should return 0 if the path is to be kept, 1 otherwise. The function is called with the path as the first argument. (defaults to empty string, no filter)
  • $5: directory filter function name as string: (optional) a function name that is called to filter the directories (for recursive listing) The function should return 0 if the path is to be kept, 1 otherwise. The function is called with the path as the first argument. (defaults to empty string, no filter)

Returns:

  • RETURNED_ARRAY: An array with the list of all the paths.
io::listPaths "/path/to/directory" true true myFilterFunction myFilterDirectoryFunction
for path in "${RETURNED_ARRAY[@]}"; do
  printf '%s' "${path}"
done
  • It will correctly list files under symbolic link directories.

io::createFilePathIfNeeded

Make sure that the given file path exists. Create the directory tree and the file if needed.

  • $1: path as string: the file path to create

Returns:

  • RETURNED_VALUE: The absolute path of the file.
io::createFilePathIfNeeded "myFile"

io::checkAndFail

Check last return code and fail (exit) if it is an error.

  • $1: exit code as int: the return code
  • $@: message as string: the error message to display in case of error
command_that_could_fail || io::checkAndFail "$?" "The command that could fail has failed!"

io::listFiles

List all the files in the given directory.

  • $1: directory as string: the directory to list
  • $2: recursive as bool: (optional) true to list recursively, false otherwise (defaults to false)
  • $3: hidden as bool: (optional) true to list hidden paths, false otherwise (defaults to false)
  • $4: directory filter function name as string: (optional) a function name that is called to filter the directories (for recursive listing) The function should return 0 if the path is to be kept, 1 otherwise. The function is called with the path as the first argument. (defaults to empty string, no filter)

Returns:

  • RETURNED_ARRAY: An array with the list of all the files.
io::listFiles "/path/to/directory" true true myFilterFunction
for path in "${RETURNED_ARRAY[@]}"; do
  printf '%s' "${path}"
done

io::cleanupTempFiles

Removes all the temporary files and directories that were created by the io::createTempFile and io::createTempDirectory functions.

io::cleanupTempFiles

shellcheck disable=SC2016

io::listDirectories

List all the directories in the given directory.

  • $1: directory as string: the directory to list
  • $2: recursive as bool: (optional) true to list recursively, false otherwise (defaults to false)
  • $3: hidden as bool: (optional) true to list hidden paths, false otherwise (defaults to false)
  • $4: directory filter function name as string: (optional) a function name that is called to filter the sub directories (for recursive listing) The function should return 0 if the path is to be kept, 1 otherwise. The function is called with the path as the first argument. (defaults to empty string, no filter)

Returns:

  • RETURNED_ARRAY: An array with the list of all the files.
io::listDirectories "/path/to/directory" true true myFilterFunction
for path in "${RETURNED_ARRAY[@]}"; do
  printf '%s' "${path}"
done

io::cat

Print the content of a file to stdout. This is a pure bash equivalent of cat.

  • $1: path as string: the file to print
io::cat "myFile"

Also see log::printFile if you want to print a file for a user.

io::countArgs

Returns the number of arguments passed.

A convenient function that can be used to:

  • count the files/directories in a directory io::countArgs "${PWD}"/* && local numberOfFiles="${RETURNED_VALUE}"

  • count the number of variables starting with VALET_ io::countArgs "${!VALET_@}" && local numberOfVariables="${RETURNED_VALUE}"

  • $@: arguments as any: the arguments to count

Returns:

  • RETURNED_VALUE: The number of arguments passed.
io::countArgs 1 2 3

io::createTempFile

Creates a temporary file and return its path.

Returns:

  • RETURNED_VALUE: The created path.
io::createTempFile
local file="${RETURNED_VALUE}"

Files created this way are automatically cleaned up by the io::cleanupTempFiles function when valet ends.

io::invoke2piped

This function call an executable and its arguments and input a given string as stdin. It redirects the stdout and stderr to environment variables. Equivalent to io::invoke5 “${1}” 0 false “${2}” “${@:3}”

  • $1: fail as bool: true/false to indicate if the function should fail in case the execution fails. If true and the execution fails, the script will exit.
  • $2: stdin as string: the stdin to pass to the executable
  • $3: executable as string: the executable or function to execute
  • $@: arguments as any: the arguments to pass to the executable

Returns:

  • $?: The exit code of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE: The content of stdout.
  • RETURNED_VALUE2: The content of stderr.
io::invoke2piped true "key: val" yq -o json -p yaml -
stdout="${RETURNED_VALUE}"
stderr="${RETURNED_VALUE2}"

This is the equivalent of: myvar="$(printf '%s\n' "mystring" | mycommand)" But without using a subshell.

See io::invokef5 for more information.

io::isDirectoryWritable

Check if the directory is writable. Creates the directory if it does not exist.

  • $1: directory as string: the directory to check
  • $2: test file name as string: (optional) the name of the file to create in the directory to test the write access

Returns:

  • $?:
    • 0 if the directory is writable
    • 1 otherwise
if io::isDirectoryWritable "/path/to/directory"; then
  echo "The directory is writable."
fi

io::invokef2piped

This function call an executable and its arguments and input a given string as stdin. It redirects the stdout and stderr to temporary files. Equivalent to io::invokef5 “${1}” 0 false “${2}” “${@:3}”

  • $1: fail as bool: true/false to indicate if the function should fail in case the execution fails. If true and the execution fails, the script will exit.
  • $2: stdin as string: the stdin to pass to the executable
  • $3: executable as string: the executable or function to execute
  • $@: arguments as any: the arguments to pass to the executable

Returns:

  • $?: The exit code of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE: The file path containing the stdout of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE2: The file path containing the stderr of the executable.
io::invokef2piped true "key: val" yq -o json -p yaml -
stdoutFilePath="${RETURNED_VALUE}"
stderrFilePath="${RETURNED_VALUE2}"

This is the equivalent of: myvar="$(printf '%s\n' "mystring" | mycommand)" But without using a subshell.

See io::invokef5 for more information.

io::invoke

This function call an executable and its arguments. If the execution fails, it will fail the script and show the std/err output. Otherwise it hides both streams, effectively rendering the execution silent unless it fails.

It redirects the stdout and stderr to environment variables. Equivalent to io::invoke5 true 0 ’’ ’’ “${@}”

  • $1: executable as string: the executable or command
  • $@: arguments as any: the command and its arguments

Returns:

  • $?: The exit code of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE: The content of stdout.
  • RETURNED_VALUE2: The content of stderr.
io::invoke git add --all

See io::invokef5 for more information.

io::createTempDirectory

Creates a temporary directory.

Returns:

  • RETURNED_VALUE: The created path.
io::createTempDirectory
local directory="${RETURNED_VALUE}"

Directories created this way are automatically cleaned up by the io::cleanupTempFiles function when valet ends.

io::sleep

Sleep for the given amount of time. This is a pure bash replacement of sleep.

  • $1: time as float: the time to sleep in seconds (can be a float)
io:sleep 1.5

The sleep command is not a built-in command in bash, but a separate executable. When you use sleep, you are creating a new process.

io::invokef2

This function call an executable and its arguments. It redirects the stdout and stderr to temporary files. Equivalent to io::invokef5 “${1}” 0 "" "" “${@:2}”

  • $1: fail as bool: true/false to indicate if the function should fail in case the execution fails. If true and the execution fails, the script will exit.
  • $2: executable as string: the executable or function to execute
  • $@: arguments as any: the arguments to pass to the executable

Returns:

  • $?: The exit code of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE: The file path containing the stdout of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE2: The file path containing the stderr of the executable.
io::invokef2 false git status || core::fail "status failed."
stdoutFilePath="${RETURNED_VALUE}"
stderrFilePath="${RETURNED_VALUE2}"

See io::invokef5 for more information.

io::invokef5

This function call an executable and its arguments. It redirects the stdout and stderr to temporary files.

  • $1: fail as bool: true/false to indicate if the function should fail in case the execution fails. If true and the execution fails, the script will exit.
  • $2: acceptable codes as string: the acceptable error codes, comma separated (if the error code is matched, then set the output error code to 0)
  • $3: fail as bool: true/false to indicate if the 4th argument represents a file path or directly the content for stdin
  • $4: sdtin as string: the stdin (can be empty)
  • $5: executable as string: the executable or function to execute
  • $@: arguments as any: the arguments to pass to the executable

Returns:

  • $?: The exit code of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE: The file path containing the stdout of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE2: The file path containing the stderr of the executable.
io::invokef5 "false" "130,2" "false" "This is the stdin" "stuff" "--height=10" || core::fail "stuff failed."
stdoutFilePath="${RETURNED_VALUE}"
stderrFilePath="${RETURNED_VALUE2}"
  • In windows, this is tremendously faster to do (or any other invoke flavor): io::invokef5 false 0 false '' mycommand && myvar="${RETURNED_VALUE}" than doing: myvar="$(mycommand)".
  • On linux, it is slighly faster (but it might be slower if you don’t have SSD?).
  • On linux, you can use a tmpfs directory for massive gains over subshells.

io::readFile

Reads the content of a file and returns it in the global variable RETURNED_VALUE. Uses pure bash.

  • $1: path as string: the file path to read
  • $2: max char as int: (optional) the maximum number of characters to read (defaults to 0, which means read the whole file)

If the file does not exist, the function will return an empty string instead of failing.

Returns:

  • RETURNED_VALUE: The content of the file.
io::readFile "/path/to/file" && local fileContent="${RETURNED_VALUE}"
io::readFile "/path/to/file" 500 && local fileContent="${RETURNED_VALUE}"

io::checkAndWarn

Check last return code and warn the user in case the return code is not 0.

  • $1: exit code as int: the last return code
  • $@: message as string: the warning message to display in case of error
command_that_could_fail || io::checkAndWarn "$?" "The command that could fail has failed!"

io::invoke2

This function call an executable and its arguments. It redirects the stdout and stderr to environment variables. Equivalent to io::invoke5 “${1}” 0 "" "" “${@:2}”

  • $1: fail as bool: true/false to indicate if the function should fail in case the execution fails. If true and the execution fails, the script will exit.
  • $2: executable as string: the executable or function to execute
  • $@: arguments as any: the arguments to pass to the executable

Returns:

  • $?: The exit code of the executable.
  • RETURNED_VALUE: The content of stdout.
  • RETURNED_VALUE2: The content of stderr.
io::invokef2 false git status || core::fail "status failed."
stdout="${RETURNED_VALUE}"
stderr="${RETURNED_VALUE2}"

See io::invokef5 for more information.

io::readStdIn

Read the content of the standard input. Will immediately return if the standard input is empty.

Returns:

  • RETURNED_VALUE: The content of the standard input.
io::readStdIn && local stdIn="${RETURNED_VALUE}"

Documentation generated for the version 0.20.345 (2024-08-14).

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