🧬 golcli

A basic CLI implementation of Conway's Game of Life.

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🌱 Setup

Download and compile from sources:

go get github.com/branogarbo/golcli

Install just the binary with Go:

go install github.com/branogarbo/golcli@latest

Or get the pre-compiled binaries for your platform on the releases page

🌳 CLI usage

golcli

A basic CLI implementation of Conway's Game of Life.

Usage:
  golcli [flags]
  golcli [command]

Examples:
golcli -c 100 -i 20 ./pattern.txt

Available Commands:
  build       Creates a build file from a pattern file.
  help        Help about any command
  run         Runs a build file.

Flags:
  -c, --count int          The number of frames displayed before exiting (-1 : infinite loop) (default -1)
  -d, --dead-char string   The character(s) that represent a dead cell (default "██")
  -H, --height int         The height of the frames (default 30)
  -h, --help               help for golcli
  -i, --interval int       The number of milliseconds between frames (default 50)
  -l, --live-char string   The character(s) that represent a live cell (default "  ")
  -x, --pattern-x int      The x offset of the initial pattern (default 12)
  -y, --pattern-y int      The y offset of the initial pattern (default 8)
  -W, --width int          The width of the frames (default 40)

Use "golcli [command] --help" for more information about a command.

build:

Creates a build file from a pattern file.

Usage:
  golcli build [flags]

Examples:
golcli build -W 70 -c 400 pattern.txt builds/pattern

Flags:
  -c, --count int       The number of frames displayed before exiting (default 500)
  -H, --height int      The height of the frames (default 30)
  -h, --help            help for build
  -x, --pattern-x int   The x offset of the initial pattern (default 12)
  -y, --pattern-y int   The y offset of the initial pattern (default 8)
  -W, --width int       The width of the frames (default 40)

run:

Runs a build file.

Usage:
  golcli run [flags]

Examples:
golcli run -l "##" -d ".." -i 200 buildFiles/pattern

Flags:
  -d, --dead-char string   The character(s) that represent a dead cell (default "██")
  -h, --help               help for run
  -i, --interval int       The number of milliseconds between frames (default 50)
  -l, --live-char string   The character(s) that represent a live cell (default "  ")