added some file and path methods, added ls example

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -15,10 +15,19 @@ repos:
         args: ["--fix", "lf"]
 
 
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: go-fmt
+        name: go format
+        language: system
+        entry: gofmt
+        types:
+          - go
+        args: ["-l", "-w"]
+
   - repo: https://github.com/dnephin/pre-commit-golang
     rev: v0.5.1
     hooks:
-      - id: go-fmt
       - id: go-build
       - id: go-mod-tidy
   - repo: local

README.md

@@ -100,6 +100,29 @@ alternate form using matching
          --data-match './talosPatches/.*\.yaml' \
           <(echo "{{ . | toYaml }}")
 ```
+### Listing files in a directory
+
+For some reason you want to list the files in a directory and embed them in a file in a custom format:
+
+```template
+{{- $files := fileGlob "./*/*" -}}
+{{- range $path := $files }}
+{{- $stat := fileStat $path }}
+{{- $username := (env "USERNAME" | default (env "USER") )}}
+{{- $usernameFString := printf "%s%d%s  " "%-" (len $username) "s"}}
+ {{ printf "%-12s" $stat.Mode }}{{ printf $usernameFString $username }}{{ pathAbsolute $path}}
+{{- end }}
+```
+```
+ -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\COMMIT_EDITMSG
+ -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\FETCH_HEAD
+ -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\HEAD
+ -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\ORIG_HEAD
+ -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\config
+ -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\description
+ drwxrwxrwx  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\hooks
+ ........
+ ```
 ### Merging 2 data files and applying them to a template
 
 ```pwsh

Taskfile.yaml

@@ -43,13 +43,12 @@ tasks:
     cmd: |-
       go run ./cmd/yutc/yutc.go --help
 
-  run-test1:
+  run-tests:
     desc: "Run X"
     vars:
       ARGS: ""
-    deps:
-      - "build"
     run: always
-    dir: "./tests"
     cmd: |-
-      go run ../cmd/yutc/yutc.go --shared ./testTemplates/def1.tmpl --data ./testFiles/data1.yaml ./testTemplates/template1.tmpl
+      go test ./cmd/yutc
+      go test ./internal
+      go test ./pkg

docs/_data/README.data.yaml

@@ -91,6 +91,31 @@ examples:
              --data-match './talosPatches/.*\.yaml' \
               <(echo "{{ . | toYaml }}")
     ```
+  - |-
+    ### Listing files in a directory
+
+    For some reason you want to list the files in a directory and embed them in a file in a custom format:
+
+    ```template
+    {{- $files := fileGlob "./*/*" -}}
+    {{- range $path := $files }}
+    {{- $stat := fileStat $path }}
+    {{- $username := (env "USERNAME" | default (env "USER") )}}
+    {{- $usernameFString := printf "%s%d%s  " "%-" (len $username) "s"}}
+     {{ printf "%-12s" $stat.Mode }}{{ printf $usernameFString $username }}{{ pathAbsolute $path}}
+    {{- end }}
+    ```
+    ```
+     -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\COMMIT_EDITMSG
+     -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\FETCH_HEAD
+     -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\HEAD
+     -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\ORIG_HEAD
+     -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\config
+     -rw-rw-rw-  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\description
+     drwxrwxrwx  adam  C:\Users\adam\code\yet-unnamed-template-cli\.git\hooks
+     ........
+     ```
+
   - |-
     ### Merging 2 data files and applying them to a template
 

internal/template.go

@@ -23,8 +23,17 @@ func BuildTemplate(text string, sharedTemplateBuffers []*bytes.Buffer, name stri
 		"mustToToml":   yutc.MustToToml,
 		"mustFromToml": yutc.MustFromToml,
 		// "stringMap":    yutc.stringMap,
-		"wrapText":    yutc.WrapText,
-		"wrapComment": yutc.WrapComment,
+		"wrapText":     yutc.WrapText,
+		"wrapComment":  yutc.WrapComment,
+		"fileGlob":     yutc.PathGlob,
+		"fileStat":     yutc.PathStat,
+		"fileRead":     yutc.FileRead,
+		"fileReadN":    yutc.FileReadN,
+		"type":         yutc.TypeOf,
+		"pathAbsolute": yutc.PathAbsolute,
+		"pathIsDir":    yutc.PathIsDir,
+		"pathIsFile":   yutc.PathIsFile,
+		"pathExists":   yutc.PathExists,
 	})
 	for _, sharedTemplateBuffer := range sharedTemplateBuffers {
 		tmpl, err = tmpl.Parse(sharedTemplateBuffer.String())

internal/version.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package internal
 
 import "fmt"
 
-var yutcVersion = "0.0.6"
+var yutcVersion = "0.1.1"
 
 func PrintVersion() {
 	fmt.Println(GetVersion())

pkg/customFunctions.go

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/isbm/textwrap"
 	"github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -69,11 +71,6 @@ func FromToml(s string) interface{} {
 
 }
 
-func stringMap(v interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
-	// i don't feel like writing a recursive function right now
-	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
-}
-
 // WrapText wraps text to a given width
 func WrapText(width int, text string) []string {
 	wrapper := textwrap.NewTextWrap()
@@ -89,3 +86,108 @@ func WrapComment(prefix string, width int, comment string) string {
 	}
 	return strings.Join(wrapped, "\n")
 }
+
+func PathAbsolute(path string) string {
+	path = pathCommonClean(path)
+	path, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return path
+}
+
+func PathGlob(path string) []string {
+	path = pathCommonClean(path)
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return files
+}
+
+func PathStat(path string) map[string]interface{} {
+	path = pathCommonClean(path)
+	stat, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			panic(errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("file not found: %s", path)))
+		}
+		if os.IsPermission(err) {
+			panic(errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("permission denied: %s", path)))
+		}
+		panic(errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("unknown error %v: %s", err, path)))
+
+	}
+	return map[string]interface{}{
+		"Name":    stat.Name(),
+		"Size":    stat.Size(),
+		"Mode":    stat.Mode().String(),
+		"ModTime": stat.ModTime(),
+		"IsDir":   stat.IsDir(),
+		"Sys":     stat.Sys(),
+	}
+}
+
+func pathCommonClean(path string) string {
+	return filepath.Clean(os.ExpandEnv(path))
+}
+
+func PathIsDir(path string) bool {
+	path = pathCommonClean(path)
+	stat, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return stat.IsDir()
+}
+
+func PathIsFile(path string) bool {
+	path = pathCommonClean(path)
+	stat, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !stat.IsDir()
+}
+
+func PathExists(path string) bool {
+	path = pathCommonClean(path)
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	return !os.IsNotExist(err)
+}
+
+func FileRead(path string) string {
+	path = pathCommonClean(path)
+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return ""
+		} else {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("file not found: %s", path))
+		}
+	}
+	if info.IsDir() {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("cannot read a directory: %s", path))
+	}
+	nBytes := int(info.Size())
+	return FileReadN(nBytes, path)
+}
+
+func FileReadN(nBytes int, path string) string {
+	path = pathCommonClean(path)
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	data := make([]byte, nBytes)
+	n, err := f.Read(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return string(data[:n])
+}
+
+func TypeOf(v interface{}) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%T", v)
+}

testFiles/ls-like.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{{- $files := fileGlob "./*/*" -}}
+{{- range $path := $files }}
+{{- $stat := fileStat $path }}
+{{- $username := (env "USERNAME" | default (env "USER") )}}
+{{- $usernameFString := printf "%s%d%s  " "%-" (len $username) "s"}}
+ {{ printf "%-12s" $stat.Mode }}{{ printf $usernameFString $username }}{{ pathAbsolute $path}}
+{{- end }}