elite-scripts/README.md

A collection of useful scripts around Elite Dangerous

edsm-getnearest.py

usage: edsm-getnearest.py [-h] --system SYSTEM [--short] [--gui | --text]
                          CMDR [CMDR ...]

Locate your CMDRs using EDSM and find their distance to a given system.

positional arguments:
  CMDR             a list of CMDR names (must have their location public on
                   EDSM!)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --system SYSTEM  the target system (must be in EDDN!)
  --short          short output (only makes sense with `--text`)
  --gui            explicitly run the GUI
  --text           explicitly give text output

explorationtools.py

usage: explorationtools.py [-h] {bodycount} ...

A collection of tools useful for exploration.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit

subcommands:
  {bodycount}  sub-command help
    bodycount  Returns the number of bodies in a system. Will exit with code 1
               on server error and code 2 if the system could not be found in
               EDSM.

usage: explorationtools.py bodycount [-h] system

positional arguments:
  system      the system in question

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit