shift

Alphanumeric shifting made easy.

About

shift is a cli tool that makes it easier to perform alphanumeric char shifting.

The current version provides a set of functionalities such as:

shift requires no third-party lib. You can grab the lastest version by clonning this repository:

git clone https://github.com/tommelo/shift

python shift.py alpha <options>

The shift cli takes one positional argument(alpha) that represents an alphanumeric string:

python shift.py abc -p 2

See the options overview:

Short opt	Long opt	Default	Required	Description
-p	--positions	1	No	The number of positions to shift
-r	--range	None	No	A limited range of numbers
N/A	--backwards	False	No	Performs a backward shift
N/A	--ignore-numbers	False	No	Ignores every char that is a digit
N/A	--ignore-letters	False	No	Ignores every char that is a letter
N/A	--version	N/A	No	Shows the current version

The number of positions to be shifted. The default number is 1.

python shift.py abc123 -p 2

// result: cde345

Performs number shifting in a limited range of numbers. Each number of the range must be specified with a space separator.

python shift.py abc123 -p 4 -r 1 2 3 4 5

// result: efg512

You can combine the shell range functionality to specify the --range argument:

python shift.py abc123 -p 13 -r {0..9}

// result: nop456

Performs a backward shift.

python shift.py abc -p 2 --backwards

// result: yza

Ignores every char that is a digit.

python shift.py abc123 --ignore-numbers

// result: bcd123

Ignores every char that is a letter.

python shift.py abc123 --ignore-letters

// result: abc234

Shows the current version.

python shift.pt --version

echo abc | python shift.py

python shift.py abc -p 2 | cat
python shift.py abc -p 2 > shifted.txt

This is an open-source software licensed under the MIT license.