SHML is a shell framework for faster and easier script development.

HTML has CSS, terminals have "ANSI/VT100 Control Sequences". SHML makes is easy to apply some style to your shell scripts without trying to remember that Yellow = \033[33m instead Yellow is $(color yellow).

# Unix-like
$ sudo bash -c 'curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odb/shml/1.1.0/shml.sh -o /usr/local/bin/shml && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/shml'

# Homebrew
$ brew install shml

# npm
$ npm install -g shml

You can just download SHML without installing it...

$ git clone https://github.com/odb/shml.git

$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odb/shml/master/shml.sh

In order to use SHML you must tell your shell environment where it is located. Lets assume that we are writing a BASH script and want to use SHML.

If you installed in using the 1-liner above you would do:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
source $(which shml)

If you downloaded SHML using git or wget you would do:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
source ./shml.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
source "$(which shml)"

echo "
$(fgcolor red)
This will make the text red...
$(fgcolor end)
"

View all examples: https://odb.github.io/shml/getting-started/

Contributions are more than welcome. Before submitting ANY new features please read the Contribution Guidelines.

To report any bugs or if you have a feature request feel free to open an issue.

Updating the docs requires Ruby/Jekyll to generate & view locally.

Run once:

$ cd docs/
$ gem install bundler
$ bundle install

Generate and serve:

$ bundle exec jekyll s --watch

Then go to: http://localhost:4000/shml/