nvlled / cuttersanborn

a DDC cutter number generator

cuttersanborn

A Cutter-Sanborn Four-Figure number generator

CLI installation

Either install through npm:

npm install -g cuttersanborn

or download a standalone binary (note: it's large)

CLI usage help

options:
    --help
        shows the help

    --file <filename>
        A comma-separated list of names: 
        lastname1, firstname1
        lastname2, firstname2
        lastname3,firstname3
        ...
                    
    --outputname
        Shows the name in output

    --name=lastname,firstname

Example usage

$ cuttersanborn --name=Adams,John --name=Gabel,Linda --name="Andrews, Mary Helen"
A214
A216
M393

$ cuttersanborn --outputName --name=Adams,John --name=Gabel,Linda
Adams,John A214
Gabel,Linda A216

Npm installation and usage

Install on npm:

$npm install --save cuttersanborn

Then require/import in your code:

let generateCutter = require("cuttersanborn")();
let cutterNum      = generateCutter(lastname, firstname);

Note: the functions return a promise.

Related Links

OCLC Dewey Cutter Program This is a windows GUI program, so it was hard to use programmatically.