extend-file

extend-file

Extend a JSON file with additional properties, API and CLI.

Install

Install with npm

$ npm i extend-file --save

• Usage
• CLI
• Related projects
• Running tests
• Contributing
• Author
• License

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Usage

var extendFile = require('extend-file');

extendFile('package.json', {foo: 'bar'});
// adds `{foo: "bar"} to package.json

CLI

Pass the file to extend as the first argument.

$ expand-file package.json [data]
                 ^

data

Specify the data to use for extending the file.

$ expand-file package.json [data]
                             ^

Data may be specified using one of the following flags:

• -d or --data: specify a string to expand with [expand-object]
• -f or --file: specify a JSON or YAML file to use for data

Example:

$ expand-file package.json -d "a.b.c:foo,bar,baz"
#=> "a":{"b":{"c":["foo","bar","baz"]}}}

Return issues related to --data expansion on the [expand-object] repo.

Related projects

expand-object: Expand a string into a JavaScript object using a simple notation. Use the CLI or… more

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

This file was generated by verb-cli on August 01, 2015.