SHTK_CLI_INFO(3)

💖 SHTK_CLI_INFO(3) — Library Functions Manual 💖

okay so bestie, this is the shtk_cli_info page from the Library Functions Manual. It’s giving “tiny helper, big communication energy” — let’s get into it. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

shtk_cli_info — prints an informational message. That’s the whole job and it eats. 💅

📚 LIBRARY 📚

shtk_import cli

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

shtk_cli_info message1 [.. messageN]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The shtk_cli_info function prints the given informational message to stderr. No cap, it’s going to the error stream on purpose.

You can hand it the message as one or more arguments — that’s message1 to messageN, bestie — and every argument gets concatenated together into a single line. One line, all the vibes, zero chaos. ✨

The printed message has this exact form, where progname is determined by shtk_cli_progname(3):

progname: I: message1 .. messageN

Use shtk_cli_info to report script execution progress to the user instead of relying on simple echo(1) calls. This is the whole point: it makes sure all log messages are properly sent to stderr. So yeah, use the function, not random echo energy. 🦋

🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

• shtk(3)
• shtk_cli(3)

🕰️ HISTORY 🕰️

shtk_cli_info first appeared in shtk 1.0. Iconic from the start, obviously. 👑

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okay bye bestie 💖 this page is from Debian, dated November 5, 2014, and the footer signature is SHTK_CLI_INFO(3). Mwah. 💋