https://github.com/stephencelis/syn
Syntax control for the command line
https://github.com/stephencelis/syn
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Syntax control for the command line
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/stephencelis/syn
- Owner: stephencelis
- License: mit
- Created: 2013-12-25T03:52:41.000Z (about 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2015-09-29T11:58:44.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-10T03:56:57.429Z (9 months ago)
- Language: Objective-C
- Size: 498 KB
- Stars: 379
- Watchers: 8
- Forks: 12
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.markdown
- License: LICENSE
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README
# syn
Syntax control for the command line.
**syn** uses OS X's natural language processing tools to tokenize and
highlight text (from standard input) that matches specified tags.
Inspired by [iA Writer][1].
[1]: http://ia.net/writer
## Install
**syn** requires OS X 10.7 or above.
``` sh
$ curl -LOs https://github.com/stephencelis/syn/releases/download/v0.2.2/syn \
&& chmod 755 syn \
&& mv syn /usr/local/bin
```
Or clone/download the repository and run `make install` (requires
[Xcode][2] to be installed).
[2]: https://developer.apple.com/xcode
## Usage
_E.g._,
``` sh
# find pesky adverbs
$ syn --adverbs < nanowrimo.txt
# highlight nouns and noun-likes
$ syn --nouns --pronouns --personal-names --place-names < nanowrimo.txt
# peruse the classics
$ curl -Ls http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231.txt.utf-8 | \
syn -A | \
less -r
# generate listicles
$ syn -a -ftable < moby-dick.txt | \
cut -d ' ' -f4 | sort -f | uniq -ci | sort -nr | head -10 | tr a-z A-Z
441 OLD
430 OTHER
305 SUCH
290 GREAT
275 LAST
238 LITTLE
215 SAME
199 OWN
199 GOOD
191 WHITE
```
_-h_,
```
usage: syn [tags] [-f ] [-vh]
Tags:
-n, --nouns Match nouns
-V, --verbs Match verbs
-a, --adjectives Match adjectives
-A, --adverbs Match adverbs
-N, --pronouns Match pronouns
-d, --determiners Match determiners
-p, --particles Match particles
-P, --prepositions Match prepositions
-1, --numbers Match numbers
-c, --conjunctions Match conjunctions
-i, --interjections Match interjections
-C, --classifiers Match classifiers
-I, --idioms Match idioms
-H, --personal-names Match personal (human) names
-l, --place-names Match place names (locations)
Configuration:
-f, --formatter One of 'ansi', 'table', or 'json'
-v, --version Show version
-h, --help Show this screen
```
## License
**syn** is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for
more information.