sheclang
- A #!
for your C++ files.
Installation & Test
To install, just stick the bash script in your path either by a copy or a symlink.
git clone https://github.com/lrenaud/sheclang
cd sheclang
sudo cp -v sheclang /usr/bin/
To run, try the demo after installing.
chmod +x ./hello-world.cpp
./hello-world.cpp
Use
- Add the following line to the first line of your C++ file.
#!/usr/bin/env sheclang
- Mark your top level
*.cpp
file as executable
cd ~/your-project
chmod +x your-source-code.cpp
- Run the source file like it was an executable. Arguments passed to the
*.cpp
file will be forwarded onto the resulting binary directly.
./your-source-code.cpp --your-argument positional --this-flag
Why?
Because I could. And anything that makes building performant software more assessable to more users is worth it. I can't imagine many Python beginners are using the debugging facilities and interactivity of the Python interactive terminal. So why not do what I can to make building C++ as trivial to get off the ground as trivial python.