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# Petri
A directional shell
# Syntax
The syntax of petri is a bit different than normal shells because it uses ASCII art to define running graphs
```
#!/usr/bin/env petri
\(diff @ @)
^ ^
| |
\(ls /dev) -> replace_x --+-> replace_y --x-+
| |
+-> replace_z --+
---
replace_x: sed 's:x:y:g'
replace_y: sed 's:y:z:g'
replace_z: sed 's:z:x:g'
```
This would be the equivalent of the bash file:
```
ls /dev | sed 's:x:y:g' > /tmp/temp_file
diff <(sed 's:z:x:g' < /tmp/temp_file) <(sed 's:y:z:g' < /tmp/temp_file)
```
#### Why 'petri'
Originally I wanted to call it `dish` but I found that to generic, and since dish is from time to time preceded with petri, I choose that.