Re: Bug#655712: ITP: template -- environment variable expander | simple template tool

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

Michael Stummvoll wrote:
>Package: wnpp
>Severity: wishlist
>Owner: Michael Stummvoll <michael@stummi.org>
>
>I'm planning to upload this new package through a sponsor
>
>* Package name    : template
>  Version         : 0.1
>  Upstream Author : Michael Stummvoll <michael@stummi.org>
>* URL             : http://stuff.stummi.org/template.html
>* License         : GPL
>  Programming Lang: C
>  Description     : environment variable expander and simple template tool
>
>template is a very simple tool that reads from stdin, expands variables in the form ${FOO} to its according environment
>variables and prints this to stdout.

Why do we need this? Does it need to be a separate package for a very
simple utility program?

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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