better cli for piping results

Author: ak--47

.gitignore

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
 
 #data folder
-data/*
-!data/.gitkeep 
+carvis-data/*
+!carvis-data/.gitkeep 
 
 #osx remnants
 .DS_Store

data/.gitkeep renamed to carvis-data/.gitkeep

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 //dependencies
 const commandLineArgs = require('command-line-args');
 const Chance = require('chance');
-const fs = require('fs');
 const dayjs = require('dayjs');
 const readline = require('readline');
 const {
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ const {
 
 function log(data, silent = options.silent) {
 	if (!silent) {
-		console.log(data);
+		process.stderr.write(data);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -113,11 +112,11 @@ const banner = `
     '8888888P'  .8'       '8. '88888. 8 8888     '88.        '8.'           8 8888  'Y8888P ,88P' 
 `;
 log(banner);
-log('... maker of CSV files... and more!');
-log('by AK');
-log('[email protected]');
-log('\n');
-track('start', {runId, ...options})
+log('\n... maker of CSV files... and more!');
+log('\n  by AK');
+log('\n  [email protected]');
+log('\n\n');
+track('start', { runId, ...options });
 
 
 if (help) {
@@ -427,8 +426,8 @@ function noMoreThan(num) {
 
 //helper for status bar
 function showProgress(p) {
-	readline.cursorTo(process.stdout, 0);
-	process.stdout.write(`generated ${p - 1} records...`);
+	readline.cursorTo(process.stderr, 0);
+	process.stderr.write(`\tgenerated ${u.comma(p - 1)} records...`);
 }
 
 //helper to open the finder
@@ -470,36 +469,26 @@ else {
 }
 
 //cool ... write the data
-fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(`${currentDirectory}/${fileName}`), dataToWrite, function (err) {	
-	if (err) {
-		return console.log(err);
+const directory = u.mkdir('./carvis-data');
+const filePath = `${directory}/${fileName}`;
+u.touch(filePath, dataToWrite).then(() => {
+	//tell the user what happened
+	log(`\n\nfinished writing ${rows} records across ${numUsers} users for ${days} days with columns:\n`);
+	log(`    ${columns.map(col => col.header).join('    \n    ')}`);
+	log('\n');
+	log(`\n...data written to ./carvis-data/${fileName}`);
+	log('\n\n');
+	const outputMsg = path.resolve(filePath) + '\n';
+	if (!silent) {
+		//attempt to reveal the data folder in finder
+		try {
+			openExplorerinMac(currentDirectory);
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.error('revealing files only works on a mac; sorry!');
+		}
+		
 	}
-});
-
-
-//tell the user what happened
-log(`\n\nfinished writing ${rows} records across ${numUsers} users for ${days} days with columns:`);
-log(`    ${columns.map(col => col.header).join('    \n    ')}`);
-log('\n');
-log(`data written to ./data/${fileName}`);
-log('\n');
-log('all finished!');
-log('\n');
-if (silent) {
-	const outputMsg = path.resolve(`${currentDirectory}/${fileName}`) + '\n';
 	process.stdout.write(outputMsg);
-	//process.exit(0);
-}
 
-
-if (!silent) {
-	//attempt to reveal the data folder in finder
-	try {
-		openExplorerinMac(currentDirectory);
-	} catch (e) {
-		console.error('revealing files only works on a mac; sorry!');
-	}
-}
-
-track('end', {runId, ...options})
-//process.exit(0);
+	track('end', { runId, ...options });
+});

index.js

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 {
   "name": "carvis",
-  "version": "1.0.14",
+  "version": "1.0.16",
   "description": "a csv making machine",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest",
     "testWatch": "jest --watchAll --verbose",
-    "prune": "rm -rf ./data/*",
-    "carvis": "cd data && node ../index.js",
+    "prune": "rm -rf ./carvis-data/*",
+    "carvis": "node ../index.js",
     "post": "npm publish"
   },
   "bin": {
     "carvis": "./index.js"
   },
-  "keywords": ["carvis", "mixpanel", "fake data", "dummy data", "csv", "json"],
+  "keywords": ["carvis", "mixpanel", "fake data", "dummy data", "csv", "json", "CLI"],
   "author": "AK",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {

package.json

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ const fileExtensions = ['csv', 'ndjson']
 const { execSync } = require("child_process");
 
 
-const command = `cd data && node ../index.js`
-const suffix = `--silent && cd ..`
+const command = `node ./index.js`
+const suffix = `--silent`
 
 describe('do tests work?', () => {
 	test('a = a', () => {