jasononeil · April 22, 2013 06:18 · Apr 22, 2013
diff --git a/HaxeScript.hx b/HaxeScript.hx
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+#!/usr/bin/haxex
+
+// Run with "./HaxeScript.hx some args here"
+
+class HaxeScript 
+{
+	public static function main() 
+	{
+		trace('Hi, the following ${Sys.args().length} arguments were passed in:');
+		for (a in Sys.args())
+		{
+			trace ('  $a');
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+This is a tiny shell script that you can use to make scripting with Haxe very straight forward.
+
+Using a straight #!/usr/bin/haxe doesn't work currently, as the Haxe compiler will have to be a little more clever about realising it is a shell script and that we wish to execute it.  Maybe this will be native some day, for now, you can install the script below into `/usr/bin/haxex` and then use that.
+
+Installation:
+
+1. `sudo nano /usr/bin/haxex`, paste the 'haxex' file in there
+2. `sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/haxex`
+
+Usage:
+
+    #!/usr/bin/haxex
+    class MyScript 
+    {
+	public static function main() 
+	{
+		trace('My Script is executing!');
+	}
+    }
+
+Running:
+
+    chmod +x MyScript.hx
+    ./MyScript.hx
+
+Pretty neat-o if you ask me.  
+
+What this script actually does:
+
+1. Reads the first argument as "filename"
+2. Gets rid of the "./" at the start of $filename
+3. Gets rid of the ".hx" at the end of $filename
+4. Turns the "/" dir separators into "." package separators, in case your script is in a subpackage.
+
+Limitations:
+
+If your script is in the root package (has no `package` statement at the top of the file), then you need to call it from the directory the script is in.  If your script is in a sub-package, you need to call it from the root-level package.  Easy rule of thumb: don't use packages, and call from the directory the script is in.
diff --git a/haxex b/haxex
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# First argument is the filename
+filename=$1
+
+# Remove "./" if it's there
+filename=${filename/"./"/""}
+
+# Remove ".hx" if it's there
+filename=${filename/".hx"/""}
+
+# Change "/" to "."
+filename=${filename/"/"/"."}
+
+haxe --run $filename ${@:2}
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