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https://github.com/chocolateboy/wax

A CLI tool which adds HTTP support to other CLI tools
https://github.com/chocolateboy/wax

cache cli command-combinator command-line command-line-tool http httpify https mirror uri url web webify

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A CLI tool which adds HTTP support to other CLI tools

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/chocolateboy/wax
Owner: chocolateboy
License: artistic-2.0
Created: 2011-06-16T21:09:23.000Z (over 13 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2021-03-15T12:02:39.000Z (over 3 years ago)
Last Synced: 2023-04-10T17:08:40.744Z (over 1 year ago)
Topics: cache, cli, command-combinator, command-line, command-line-tool, http, httpify, https, mirror, uri, url, web, webify
Language: Perl
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/App-Wax
Size: 146 KB
Stars: 1
Watchers: 2
Forks: 1
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README
- Changelog: Changes
- License: LICENSE.md

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README

NAME

wax - webify your CLI

SYNOPSIS

wax [OPTIONS] program [OPTIONS] ...

e.g.:

$ wax vim -R https://registry.npmjs.org/left-pad/-/left-pad-1.2.0.tgz

runs:

$ vim -R /tmp/wax_abcd1234.tgz

DESCRIPTION

wax is a command-line program which runs other command-line programs and
converts their URL arguments to local file paths. By default, the files are
removed after the command has exited.

As well as adding transparent support for remote resources to commands that
don't support them natively, wax can be used to:

- add support for HTTPS (and any other protocols supported by LWP [1]) to programs that only support HTTP [2]
- add a mirroring layer to network requests (remote resources are only fetched if they've been updated)
- add a caching layer to network requests (remote resources are only fetched once)

For more details, see the wax man page.

INSTALL

Install cpanminus [3] if it's not already installed, then:

cpanm App::Wax

UPDATE

cpanm App::Wax

UNINSTALL

cpanm --uninstall App::Wax

EXAMPLES

espeak

$ alias espeak="wax espeak"
$ espeak -f http://www.setec.org/mel.txt

grep

$ wax grep -B1 demons http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.txt

jsview

Browse files in Node module tarballs

#!/bin/sh

# usage: jsview e.g. jsview left-pad
wax --cache vim -R $(npm info --json "$@" | jq -r .dist.tarball)

nman

Node.js man-page viewer

#!/bin/sh

# usage: nman e.g. nman util
node_version=${NODE_VERSION:-`node --version`}
docroot="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/nodejs/node@$node_version/doc/api"
wax --cache -D pandoc --standalone --from markdown --to man "$docroot/$1.md" | man -l -

ripgrep

Get the default key bindings for mpv:

$ wax rg -r '$1' '^#(\S.+)$' https://git.io/JfYlz | sort

VERSION

2.4.1

COMPATIBILITY

- perl >= v5.10