Shik Language

Overview

Shik is a functional, dynamically-typed scripting language designed for shell automation with a minimalist syntax designed to be easily written in the terminal.

Installation

From Source (Recommended)

# Requires Rust toolchain (https://rustup.rs/)
cargo install --git https://github.com/yourusername/shik

From Pre-built Binaries

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the Releases page.

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/shik
cd shik
cargo build --release
# Binary will be at target/release/shik

Usage

# Run a script file
shik script.shk

# Start REPL (interactive mode)
shik

Language Features

• Pipeline operator ($>) for function composition
• First-class functions and lambdas
• Pattern matching capabilities
• Rich standard library for working with system
• Lazy evaluation where appropriate

Example

;; 1. Make file
file.write :sample.txt "some text"

;; 2. Read file, make content upper case, write back
file.read :sample.txt $> string.upper $> file.write :sample.txt
print (file.read :sample.txt) ;; SOME TEXT HERE

;; 3. Make curried writer and reader
let file.reader (fn [name] (fn [] file.read name))

let write (file.write :sample.txt)
let read (file.reader :sample.txt)

write :hello
call read ;; (zero args function must be called via `call` fn) "hello"

call read $> string.upper $> write $> call read ;; HELLO

;; 4. Count of lines in all *.rs files in src
file.glob :./src/**/*.rs $>
  list.map file.read $>
  list.map (fn [c] string.lines c $> list.len) $>
  list.sum $>
  print

Building for Distribution

See DISTRIBUTION.md for detailed instructions on building release binaries for multiple platforms.

License

MIT