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EASYGEN(1) General Commands Manual EASYGEN(1)

easygen - Easy to use universal code/text generator

easygen [flags] template_name [data_filename [data_filename...]]

data_filename(s): The name for the .yaml or .json data.

If omitted derive from the template_name.
Can have the extension or without it. If withot extension, will try .yaml first then .json
Can include the path as well.

template_name: The name for the template file.

Can have the extension or without it.
Can include the path as well.
Can be a comma-separated list giving many template files, in which case at least one data_filename must be given.

Command easygen is an easy to use universal code/text generator.

It can be used as a text or html generator for arbitrary purposes with arbitrary data and templates. It is a good GSL replacement, as it

is more easy to define driving data, in form of YML instead of XML
has more powerful template engine that based on Go template. You can even write your own function in Go to customize your template.

You can even use easygen as a generic Go template testing tool using the -ts commandline option, and much more.

It's very easy to use -- just type easygen and following the inline help. Or try the following example to get started:


export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
$ easygen $GOPATH/src/github.com/go-easygen/easygen/test/list0
The colors are: red, blue, white, .
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/go-easygen/easygen
$ easygen test/list1
The quoted colors are: "red", "blue", "white", .
$ easygen -tf test/listfunc1 test/list0
red, blue, white.

easygen comes with comprehensive online documents. For further details, please go to:

https://github.com/go-easygen/easygen

https://suntong.github.io/blogs/2016/01/01/easygen--easy-to-use-universal-code/text-generator

https://github.com/go-easygen/easygen/blob/master/using_easygen.md

https://github.com/go-easygen/easygen/wiki/Getting-Started

https://godoc.org/github.com/go-easygen/easygen#pkg-examples

April 2023