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cook
OVERVIEW: A toolkit for command-line interaction with Cooklang text files.
Documentation can be found at https://cooklang.org/cli/help/ and issues reported at https://github.com/Cooklang/CookCLI.
USAGE: cook <subcommand>
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help information.
SUBCOMMANDS:
recipe Manage recipes and recipe files
shopping-list Create a shopping list
server Run a webserver to serve your recipes on the web
fetch Pull recipes from the community recipe repository
seed Populate directory with seed recipes
version Show the CookCLI version information
See 'cook help <subcommand>' for detailed help.
recipe
OVERVIEW: Manage recipes and recipe files
USAGE: cook recipe <subcommand>
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help information.
SUBCOMMANDS:
read Parse and print a Cooklang recipe file
validate Check for syntax errors in one or more Cooklang recipe files (TODO)
prettify Edit a Cooklang recipe file for style consistency (TODO)
image Download a random image from upsplash.com to match the recipe title
See 'cook help recipe <subcommand>' for detailed help.
read
OVERVIEW: Parse and print a Cooklang recipe file
USAGE: cook recipe read [<recipe-file>] [--output-format <output-format>] [--only-ingredients]
ARGUMENTS:
<recipe-file> A .cook file or STDIN
OPTIONS:
--output-format <output-format>
Set the output format to json or yaml (default: text)
--only-ingredients Print only the ingredients section of the output
-h, --help Show help information.
image
OVERVIEW: Download a random image from upsplash.com to match the recipe title
USAGE: cook recipe image <file>
ARGUMENTS:
<file> A .cook file or STDIN
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help information.
shopping-list
OVERVIEW: Create a shopping list
USAGE: cook shopping-list [--aisle <aisle>] [--inflection <inflection>] [<files-or-directory> ...] [--output-format <output-format>] [--only-ingredients]
ARGUMENTS:
<files-or-directory> File or directory with .cook files to include to shopping list
OPTIONS:
-a, --aisle <aisle> Specify an aisle.conf file to set grouping. Cook automatically checks current directory in ./config/aisle.conf and
$HOME/.config/cook/aisle.conf
-i, --inflection <inflection>
Specify an inflection.conf file to define rules of pluralisation. Cook automatically checks current directory in
./config/inflection.conf and $HOME/.config/cook/inflection.conf
--output-format <output-format>
Set the output format to json or yaml (default: text)
--only-ingredients Print only the ingredients section of the output
-h, --help Show help information.
fetch
OVERVIEW: Pull recipes from the community recipe repository
USAGE: cook fetch [<community-recipe-path>]
ARGUMENTS:
<community-recipe-path> Path
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help information.
server
OVERVIEW: Run a webserver to serve your recipes on the web
USAGE: cook server [--aisle <aisle>] [--inflection <inflection>] [--port <port>] [--bind <bind>] [<root>]
ARGUMENTS:
<root> A path to serve cook files from
OPTIONS:
-a, --aisle <aisle> Specify an aisle.conf file to set grouping. Cook automatically checks current directory in ./config/aisle.conf and
$HOME/.config/cook/aisle.conf
-i, --inflection <inflection>
Specify an inflection.conf file to define rules of pluralisation. Cook automatically checks current directory in
./config/inflection.conf and $HOME/.config/cook/inflection.conf
-p, --port <port> Set the port on which the webserver should listen (default: 9080)
-b, --bind <bind> Set the IP to which the server should bind (default: 127.0.0.1)
-h, --help Show help information.
seed
OVERVIEW: Populate directory with seed recipes
USAGE: cook seed [<seed-directory-path>]
ARGUMENTS:
<seed-directory-path> Path
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help information.
version
OVERVIEW: Show the CookCLI version information
USAGE: cook version
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help information.
Questions and Issues
If you have a question about CookCLI that isn’t answered here, open an issue on the Cooklang/CookCLI GitHub repository.