DATEX CLI

This is the DATEX Command Line Interface (CLI) for interacting with the DATEX runtime. It offers a REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) for executing DATEX code interactively and a command to run DATEX files.

Installation

The DATEX CLI can be installed on various platforms. Below are the installation methods for different operating systems.

Brew

You can install the DATEX CLI using Homebrew:

brew install unyt-org/datex-cli/datex

Install Script

You can install the DATEX CLI using the provided installation script. This script will download and install the latest version of the DATEX CLI.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unyt-org/datex-cli/refs/heads/main/install.sh | sh

To select a specific version for the installation, you can pass the tag as an argument:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unyt-org/datex-cli/refs/heads/main/install.sh | sh -s -- v0.1.0

From source

Alternatively, you can build the DATEX CLI from source using Cargo, the Rust package manager. Make sure you have Rust and Cargo installed, then run:

cargo build --release

Usage

Running the REPL

datex

Alternatively, you can also use the repl subcommand:

datex repl

To show debug logs, run the repl subcommand with the --verbose or -v flag:

datex repl -v

To start the repl with a specific DATEX configuration file, use the --config or -c flag:

datex repl --config path/to/config.dx

Running a DATEX file

datex run path/to/file.dx

Development

Running the REPL

cargo run

Running the Workbench

cargo run workbench

Building for Release

cargo build --release
./target/release/datex_cli

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