ros_2cli

Brand-compliant ROS 2 and ROS 1 command aliases. See shouldiputaspacebetweenrosand2.com.

Command...	...calls	Example...	...calls
ROS 2 ...	ros2 ...	ROS 2 topic list	ros2 topic list
ROS 1 ...	ros...	ROS 1 topic list	rostopic list

The ROS 2 command alias supports autocompletion:

$ ROS <tab>
1 2 -h --help
$ ROS 2 <tab>
action                          interface                       run
bag                             launch                          security
component                       lifecycle                       service
daemon                          multicast                       topic
doctor                          node                            --use-python-default-buffering
extension_points                param                           wtf
extensions                      pkg
$ ROS 2 topic <tab>
bw                       hz                       pub
delay                    --include-hidden-topics  type
echo                     info                     
find                     list
$ ROS 2 topic list
/email
/parameter_events
/rosout

How to use

1. Clone package into your workspace

   $ cd ~/ws/src
   $ git clone https://github.com/christophebedard/ros_2cli.git

2. Build package

   $ cd ~/ws
   $ colcon build --packages-up-to ros_2cli

3. Source

   $ source install/setup.bash

4. Use commands

   $ ROS 2 run pkg exe
   $ ROS 1 topic list
   $ # etc.