turtle-1.6.1: Shell programming, Haskell-style
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
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.