checkline: checkbox line picker for stdin line input

Example:

printf "%s\n%s\n%s\n" alpha bravo charlie > example.txt
cat example.txt | checkline

You should see each line with a checkbox and text:

[ ] alpha
[ ] bravo
[ ] charlie

Move up and down in the list by typing arrow keys.

Check or uncheck any checkbox by typing space or return.

Check each line that you want, then type ESC to escape.

The command prints each line you want.

Install

Install checkline as a typical Rust crate:

cargo install checkline

If people want other ways, such as with package managers, we welcome help to create these ways.

Purpose

The purpose of this command is a simple picker, that is easy to use, and that work wells in on the command line such as within a pipe.

The purpose isn't intended to handle very long lines, or very long inputs.

Projects with similarities

vipe that can pipe in and out of $EDITOR: https://github.com/juliangruber/vipe

peco simplistic interactive filtering tool: https://github.com/peco/peco

percol adds interactive selection to the traditional pipe concept. https://github.com/mooz/percol

canything interactive grep tools: https://github.com/keiji0/canything

zaw zsh-friendly interactive grep tool: https://github.com/zsh-users/zaw

fzf interactive grep tool written in Go language. https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

Feedback

We welcome consructive criticism and ideas for improvements.

Tracking

• Program: checkline
• Version: 1.0.0
• License: MIT OR BSD OR GPL-2.0 OR GPL-3.0
• Created: 2022-10-15T12:24:50Z
• Updated: 2022-10-17T21:13:13Z
• Website: https://github.com/sixarm/checkline
• Contact: Joel Parker Henderson ([email protected])