Introduction

redant

Generate a random combination of color and creature. Userful in naming objects, modules, packages, libraries (like this one).

Repo | Guide | API | Crates.io | Lib.rs

Installation

You need to have Rust installed. Rust can be installed in few seconds: Install Rust
cargo install redant

Getting Started

Generate a random name:

redant generate

Get Help:

redant help

Basic Commands

Generate Command:

Generate n number of names: redant generate -n10

Generate name of max length: redant generate -m8

Stat Command:

Get the count of creatures, colors and combinations: redant stat count

Modify Commands

To be able to manipulate the list of creatures and colors redant creates a copy of the actual data files creatures and colors in /home/user/ directory with the name of .redant. This is hidden directory. This directory is usually created only after running commands on this page.

Creature

Add a creature to your local data: redant creature add alien venom

This will add two creatures to your local data: alien and venom. The color of the output of this command will tell you if add operation was successful as explained below.

Color

Add a color to your local data: redant color add newcolor1 newcolor2 newcolor3

Output:

Green: Added
Red: Not added because already present

Note: You can add as many creatures or colors as you want in one command