rofe33 / bbe

Read the Word of God from your terminal.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Read the Word of God from your terminal.

Usage

usage: BBE [flags] [reference...]

Flags:
  -A num  show num verses of context after matching verses
  -B num  show num verses of context before matching verses
  -W num  enable line wrap to a specific width
  -C      show matching verses in context of the chapter
  -e      highlighting of chapters and verse numbers
          (default when output is a TTY)
  -p      output to less with chapter grouping, spacing, indentation,
          and line wrapping
          (default when output is a TTY)
  -b      have a blank line after each verse
  -i      remove all highlighting
  -l      list books
  -h      show help

Reference:
    <Book>
        Individual book
    <Book>:<Chapter>
        Individual chapter of a book
    <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>[,<Verse>]...
        Individual verse(s) of a specific chapter of a book
    <Book>:<Chapter>-<Chapter>
        Range of chapters in a book
    <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>-<Verse>
        Range of verses in a book chapter
    <Book>:<Chapter>:<Verse>-<Chapter>:<Verse>
        Range of chapters and verses in a book

    /<Search>
        All verses that match a pattern
    <Book>/<Search>
        All verses in a book that match a pattern
    <Book>:<Chapter>/<Search>
        All verses in a chapter of a book that match a pattern

Build

BBE can be built by cloning the repository and then running make:

git clone https://github.com/rofe33/BBE.git
cd BBE
make

License

The code is under the Public Domain License.

The Bible is under:

Public Domain
Everyone is permitted to copy, modify and distribute copies of this document for free as long as it's Biblical content remains unchanged.