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Template
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A CLI tool for generating files from Jinja2 templates and environment variables.


.. code:: shell

    $ template -h
    usage: template [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [filename]

    positional arguments:
      filename              Input filename

      optional arguments:
        -h, --help            show this help message and exit
          -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                                  Output to filename
    $ export name='John'
    $ echo 'Hello {{ name if name is defined else 'world' }}. | template
    Hello John.
    $ echo '{{ USER }}' > username.j2
    $ template --output username.txt username.j2
    $ cat username
    John
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Jinja filters
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The following Jinja filters were added:

- to_yaml: Convert to yaml.
- from_yaml: Convert from yaml.
- to_json: Convert to json.
- from_json: Convert from json.
- pprint: Pretty print variable.
- combine: Combine 2 dictionaries.

Example usage can be seen in :code:`tests.sh`.


License
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This software is licensed under the AGPL 3+ license (see the :code:`LICENSE.txt`
file).

Author
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Nimrod Adar, `contact me <nimrod@shore.co.il>`_ or visit my `website
<https://www.shore.co.il/>`_. Patches are welcome via `git send-email
<http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Commands-Email>`_. The repository is located
at: https://www.shore.co.il/git/.