cli-files directory with go basics

Author: tgvashworth

cli-files/README.md

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+# CLI & Files
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+Become familiar with go and the toolchain by building a JSON-file reading CLI tool: `get-data path/to/file --path "foo.bar[0].baz"`
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+Timebox: 4 days
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+Objectives:
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+- Install and use [cobra][cobra]
+- Use go build/go install/go get etc
+- Understand what a process is & the basics of process - lifecycle
+- Accept arguments on the CLI
+- Open, read (and close) files from CLI arguments
+- Learn about JSON and parsing
+- Read strings from arguments
+- Extract data from a JSON file and print it to the CLI
+- Add support for YAML
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+[cobra]: https://github.com/spf13/cobra#overview

cli-files/go.mod

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+module vinery/cli-files
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+go 1.18

cli-files/main.go

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+package main
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+func main() {}