Propose a default cli format

[fzaninotto]

A cli tool usually outputs simple data to STDOUT, so that other tools can use it via pipe.

I can't find a simple way to output a list of 10 names via faker-cli. I tried:

$ faker.phar name -c10 -fprintf -p%s
"Esther Miller"
"Van Greenfelder II"
"Assunta Nikolaus III"
"Aiyana Bednar"
"Ruthie Conn"
"Dereck Farrell MD"
"Kristopher Rodriguez"
"Mrs. Emil VonRueden"
"Baylee Kuvalis"
"Terrill Hayes"

But the output contains double quotes, that I don't need.

So I'd need a "cli" formatted, outputting raw data. I tend to think this should be the default formatter.

Also, I usually need more than 1 record. Why don't you make the default value of the count parameter 10 instead of 1?

[tristanlins]

Meh, your right, I changed the default value for the enclosure parameter to " to fix the CSV issue. I have reverted the changes and fixed it another way. :-)

[fzaninotto]

Great! And how about changing the defaults (format to 'vprintf', pattern to '%s', count to 10)?

[tristanlins]

Yes that is a good idea for a CLI tool :-)

[fzaninotto]

great news that you're working on that. And by the way, if you can take the latest HEAD to package the next phar version, I'd be delighted ; I miss the ability to generate passwords via the command line.

[tristanlins]

I have released version 1.1, which use printf as default format (see the updated readme).

I miss the ability to generate passwords via the command line

If faker support password generation, faker-cli will also support it ;-)
Personally I use pwgen for password generation on the command line ;-)

[fzaninotto]

I downloaded 1.1, and it still generates in JSON format.

> faker.phar name -c 10
[
    "Wilson Boehm MD",
    "Jermaine Breitenberg",
    "Alana Cummings",
    "Dr. Cassandra Turner",
    "Miss Catherine Steuber",
    "Mr. Hans Gleichner DVM",
    "Ms. Leta Hackett",
    "Josh Runolfsson",
    "Susan Kuhlman",
    "Tremayne Gaylord"
]

[tristanlins]

It works for me:

$ wget https://github.com/bit3/faker-cli/releases/download/1.1/faker.phar
...

$ php faker.phar --version
Faker Command Line Tool version 1.1

$ php faker.phar name -c 10
Mr. Izaiah Farrell I
Lennie Bergnaum
Adriana Pfannerstill II
Chauncey Bartell
Bernhard O'Conner PhD
Mr. Coty Breitenberg DDS
Benny Hoeger
Oleta Stracke
Dannie Greenholt
Doug Cummerata

Please try faker.phar --version to verify the version.

[fzaninotto]

My bad, you're right, I had an old global install overriding the one I just downloaded. It works all right, thanks.

Did you consider making faker.phar called with no argument output the content of faker.phar --help?