grunt-characters-file

get the characters number file

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-characters-file --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-characters-file');

The "characters_file" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named characters_file to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  characters_file: {
    options: {
     	alertIfHigher: 10000
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.alertIfHigher

Type: Number Default value: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY

Send an error if a file is higher that the specify value

Usage Examples

Default Options

Show the number of characters for all javascript file in /tmp

grunt.initConfig({
  characters_file: {
    options: {},
    src: {
      '/tmp/*.js',
    },
  },
});

Custom Options

Show the number of characters for all javascript file in /tmp and alert if the file exceeds the characters limit

grunt.initConfig({
  characters_file: {
    options: {
	alertIfHigher: 10000
    },
    src: '/tmp/*.js',
  },
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History