cowl - column width linter
cowl
helps you keep your source code / text in a terminal-friendly 80-column width.
EXAMPLES
$ cowl examples/
examples/hello.bf:3:++++++++[>++++[>++>+++>+++>+<<<<-]>+>+>->>+[<]<-]>>.>---.+++++++..+++.>>.<-.<.+++.------.--------.>>+.>++.
$ cat examples/hello.bf | cowl
stdin:3:++++++++[>++++[>++>+++>+++>+<<<<-]>+>+>->>+[<]<-]>>.>---.+++++++..+++.>>.<-.<.+++.------.--------.>>+.>++.
$ wc -c examples/hello.bf
158 examples/hello.bf
$ cowl -w 160 examples/hello.bf
$
$ cowl -i '*.bf' examples/
$
$ cowl -h
Usage: cowl [options] [<files>|-]
-i, --ignore pattern Ignore file patterns (fnmatch)
-w, --max-width= Maximum column width, either an integer or "unlimited". Default: 80
-h, --help Print usage info
-v, --version Print version info
HOMEPAGE
https://github.com/mcandre/cowl
RUBYGEMS
https://rubygems.org/gems/cowl
ABOUT
Cowl is a command line program for identifying text lines that are considered too long, wider than the conventional column width 80
or so.
cowl is a shell wrapper around the traditional GNU grep backend, presenting a frontend similar to modern linters like Reek and JSHint.
- Recursive file scanning, like
jshint .
- Optional ignore patterns, like
.gitignore
- Configuration via per-project and per-user dotfiles
- Install via a standard programming language package manager
REQUIREMENTS
E.g., Windows users can chocolatey install git
.
Optional
- wc can help determine the longest line in a file
INSTALL
Install via RubyGems:
$ gem install cowl
CONFIGURE
See CONFIGURE.md for details.
LICENSE
FreeBSD
DEVELOPMENT
Testing
Keep the interface working:
$ cucumber
Linting
Keep the code tidy:
$ rake lint
Git Hooks
See hooks/
.