https://github.com/vpksoftorg/filetovariables

A simple CLI to divide small file into blocks of environment variables and back
https://github.com/vpksoftorg/filetovariables

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A simple CLI to divide small file into blocks of environment variables and back

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vpksoftorg/filetovariables
• Owner: VPKSoftOrg
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-09-01T09:04:20.000Z (4 months ago)
• Default Branch: develop
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-17T03:32:43.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-17T06:50:17.079Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: ci, ci-cd, cli, environment-variables, files
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 31.3 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# FileToVariables

A small CLI tool to split small files into base64 blocks and read and combine base64 blocks from environment variables into the original file data.

Suitable for storing files into CI/CD variables, e.g. certificates.

[![Release](https://github.com/VPKSoftOrg/FileToVariables/actions/workflows/release.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/VPKSoftOrg/FileToVariables/actions/workflows/release.yml) [![Rust](https://github.com/VPKSoftOrg/FileToVariables/actions/workflows/rust.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/VPKSoftOrg/FileToVariables/actions/workflows/rust.yml)

`.\FileToVariables.exe --help`:

```

A simple program to encode data to base64 and decode it back

Usage: FileToVariables.exe [OPTIONS] --file  --var-format  

Commands:

  read   Reads the variables from environment variables and writes them to a file

  write  Writes the variables from a file to environment variables

  help   Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:

  -f, --file                     File to read the data from

  -v, --var-format         The format of the environment variable. E.g. "data_xyz{i}"

  -b, --block                   The base64 block size. This indicates how many bytes are used in a base64 block

      --shell-flavour   The optional shell-flavour to use in case the data is written to an environment variable. Allowed values: powershell, cmd, bash [possible values: power-shell, bash, cmd]

  -h, --help                           Print help

  -V, --version                        Print version

```

`.\FileToVariables.exe --file ../../LICENSE --var-format "dataxyz{i}" --block 400 write`:

```

dataxyz01=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

dataxyz02=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

dataxyz03=R0VNRU5ULiBJTiBOTyBFVkVOVCBTSEFMTCBUSEUKQVVUSE9SUyBPUiBDT1BZUklHSFQgSE9MREVSUyBCRSBMSUFCTEUgRk9SIEFOWSBDTEFJTSwgREFNQUdFUyBPUiBPVEhFUgpMSUFCSUxJVFksIFdIRVRIRVIgSU4gQU4gQUNUSU9OIE9GIENPTlRSQUNULCBUT1JUIE9SIE9USEVSV0lTRSwgQVJJU0lORyBGUk9NLApPVVQgT0YgT1IgSU4gQ09OTkVDVElPTiBXSVRIIFRIRSBTT0ZUV0FSRSBPUiBUSEUgVVNFIE9SIE9USEVSIERFQUxJTkdTIElOIFRIRQpTT0ZUV0FSRS4K

```

`.\FileToVariables.exe --file ../../LICENSE_NEW --var-format "dataxyz{i}" read`:

→ We get the MIT license from the environment variables back.

## Thanks to:

* [upload-rust-binary-action](https://github.com/taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action)