turtle

Shell programming, Haskell-style

Version on this page:	1.2.8
LTS Haskell 21.23:	1.6.1@rev:5
Stackage Nightly 2023-12-08:	1.6.2@rev:2
Latest on Hackage:	1.6.2@rev:2

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BSD-3-Clause licensed by Gabriel Gonzalez

Maintained by Gabriel439@gmail.com

This version can be pinned in stack with:turtle-1.2.8@sha256:48d8723065fa00cffdea2adeda6a034b6f94df6ccb46d114ff660624745f89ee,3431

Module documentation for 1.2.8

Turtle

Depends on 18 packages(full list with versions):

async, base, clock, directory, foldl, hostname, managed, optional-args, optparse-applicative, process, stm, system-fileio, system-filepath, temporary, text, time, transformers, unix

Used by 2 packages in lts-7.24(full list with versions):

bench, turtle-options

turtle is a reimplementation of the Unix command line environment in Haskell so that you can use Haskell as both a shell and a scripting language.

Features include:

Batteries included: Command an extended suite of predefined utilities
Interoperability: You can still run external shell commands
Portability: Works on Windows, OS X, and Linux
Exception safety: Safely acquire and release resources
Streaming: Transform or fold command output in constant space
Patterns: Use typed regular expressions that can parse structured values
Formatting: Type-safe printf-style text formatting
Modern: Supports text and system-filepath

Read Turtle.Tutorial for a detailed tutorial or Turtle.Prelude for a quick-start guide

turtle is designed to be beginner-friendly, but as a result lacks certain features, like tracing commands. If you feel comfortable using turtle then you should also check out the Shelly library which provides similar functionality.