feat: load 'script' from external file

[YoSev]

I ship a product (cli) written in go which requires postProcessing, after tasks have been done.
I was looking for a small scripting language, that does not require to ship another interpreter.

This library is very promising from the simplicity and the featureset - i would just love to execute scripts from an external .script file like:
myBinary scripts -f my.script -- more parameters here

Is this something that could possible with this library?
Wouldn't that require "only" an interpreter for pipes?

[YoSev]

nvm, i can see that my idea doesn't fit the scope of this lib.

[rahji]

nvm, i can see that my idea doesn't fit the scope of this lib.

I think you probably want to write an interpreter (which would become this myBinary that you're talking about) but it could be useful to then look at this library to see how they implemented the things that you want your scripting language to do (since it sounds like you want it to do the same kinds of things this library does). Check out this book: https://interpreterbook.com/

[bitfield]

Alternatively, have a look at: https://til.simonwillison.net/bash/go-script

[rahji]

Alternatively, have a look at: https://til.simonwillison.net/bash/go-script

Wow thanks for this link. It requires that Go is installed so maybe it won't satisfy the OP's requirements but it seems like a great pair for go-script. You should add it to the readme if it's not there.

[YoSev]

Thanks guys. I re-thought things over the weekend and i came to the concussion, that an interpreter does actually make sense for this lib.
This repo is focused mainly on sysadmins who want automation without advanced coding knowledge.
Why would they create a new binary every time they want to execute pipes?

I think a lightweight interpreter would actually make sense.

[YoSev]

Alternatively, have a look at: https://til.simonwillison.net/bash/go-script

Thanks for that!
Not quite the thing i am looking for, but interesting for sure.

[bitfield]

You should add it to the readme if it's not there.

Done in #222.