nansi

nansi is a simple tool for task automation. Its primary functionality is to execute a sequence of commands in a defined order. It was inspired by what Dockerfile is and what ansible is not.

Features

• running commands
• OS independent
• indicates whether a command was executed successfully
• allows for dependency creation; if command B is dependent on command A, and command A was not executed successfully, command B is skipped

Usage

nansi --help

Remarks

nansi is OS independent so features related to a specific OS can be used by calling a specific shell. For instance, a command definition should look like in the following examples:

• Linux (bash):

"exec": "/bin/bash",
"args": [
    "mkdir",
    "~/test"
]

• Windows (cmd):

"exec": "cmd",
"args": [
    "/C",
    "mkdir %homedrive%%homepath%/test"
]

• Windows (powershell):

"exec": "powershell",
"args": [
    "-c",
    "mkdir $HOME/test"
]

Demo