dill - download and decompress gzipped tar files with a CLI and API

!An anthropomorphic dill pickle in a doorman's uniform

dill is a CLI app to download gzipped files and optionally decompress their contents. It also provides a simple programmatic
API.

Implementation-wise, dill uses the Fetch API to download
files, which means it should be usable anywhere the Fetch API is available.

* dill - download and decompress gzipped tar files with a CLI and API
* Why?
* Usage

Why?

dill is intended for use in CI/CD systems for TypeScript/JavaScript projects. It fills a similar need to curl or wget --
a straightforward way to download a file given its URL.

In TypeScript/JavaScript projects, dependencies are typically specified using package.json, and thus it's most
convenient to use only things that can be specified and installed using package.json. Moreover, dill is written in
TypeScript and doesn't have any direct native dependencies. Thus, dill enables you to run the same build process locally
as in CI/CD.

Usage

* dill URL

dill URL

Downloads a file from a URL and optionally extracts its contents.

``
USAGE
$ dill URL [-v | --quiet] [-o ] [--filename | -e]

ARGUMENTS
URL URL of the file to download.

FLAGS
-e, --extract Decompress the file and, if it's a tarball, extract its contents.
-o, --out= Directory in which to place the downloaded files.
--filename= Name to use for the downloaded file. Cannot be used with --extract.

LOGGING FLAGS
-v, --verbose Enable verbose logging.
--quiet Disable all logging.

DESCRIPTION
Downloads a file from a URL and optionally extracts its contents.
``