kdb-find-tools(1) – The tool for finding tools

SYNOPSIS

kdb find-tools [-h] [--warnings] [--good] [--alltags] [-n NAME] [-a AUTHOR] [-d DATE]
               [-t TAGS [TAGS ...]] [-b BRIEF] [-e EXECUTE]

DESCRIPTION

If you are looking for a tool, then you have found the right tool to find tools! kdb find-tools provides search and list functionality for tools.

Just enter kdb find-tools to get a list of names, type and short description of all available tools.

If you are looking for something special, then there are two ways:

1. Tag Search: Type kdb find-tools --alltags to get a list of all Tags in use. Then you can search with kdb -t [TAGS [TAGS ...]]
2. Full Text Search:
   • kdb find-tools -n NAME to search for a script name.
   • kdb find-tools -b BRIEF to search for a short text.
   • kdb find-tools -a AUTHOR to search for an author.
   • kdb find-tools -d DATE to search for a creation date.
   • kdb find-tools -e EXECUTE to search for a type.

All methods can be combined. For example if you search all bash scripts which do some configuration work. You can type kdb find-tools -t configuration -e bash.

The Right Way to Add Your Script to the Find Tools

Meta Tags as comments in the beginning of a script are parsed. Mate Tags start with an @, here is a list of all Meta Tags:

MetaTag	Meaning
@author	Names and Emails (in <>) of the Authors as comma separated list
@brief	A Short Description (One Line!)
@tags	Comma Separated List of Tags
@date	Date when the script was created, use DD.MM.YYYY as format

Do not mind the '\' at the beginning it is a doxygen escaping.

Beware, that these metatags should be applied at the beginning of the file (in the first 10 rows)!

Example

#!/bin/sh
#
# @author Kurt Micheli <kurt.micheli@libelektra.org>
# @brief This is an example of a build script
# @date 31.10.2018
# @tags configure, build

Notes

The Metatag System of Epydoc is used (http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/manual-fields.html#module-metadata-variables) and extended with special tags.