qdb-cli

qdb-cli, the sister project of qdb-api-plus, is a command line interface for the quote database on bash.org

How to use

Everything is detailed in the help text that you can get by running qdb --help or qdb -h or qdb help or even just qdb.

$ npm install -g qdb-cli
$ qdb
Usage: qdb <command> [<args>] [-i | --id] [-n | --hide-score] [-o | --over0] [-b | --byNumber]
Commands:
    random [<count>] - Get count amount of random quotes (default 1)
    top [<count>] - Get count amount of top quotes (default 1)
    latest [<count>] - Get latest quotes
    get <id> - Get a specific quote based on it's id
    search <query> [<count>] - Search for specific quotes (count default is 1)
    help - Show this help text
Options:
    i or id - Show the ID with the quote
    n or hide-score - Hide the score of the quote
    o or over0 - (only applies to random) whether to get quotes with a positive score or not
    b or byNumber - (only applies to search) whether to sort by ID number or by Score
    h or help - show this help text

Cool tricks

Pair it with...

• cowsay (tip - use -n to preserve whitespace)
• figlet
• lolcat (my favorite)
• all of the above