sudoku-cli

About

• A command-line tool for solving sudoku puzzles.
• Install by running: cargo install sudoku-cli
• If your input is a file path, sudoku-cli will read from the file. Otherwise it treats the string as input.
• sudoku-cli reads the first 81 non-whitespace characters from the input and fills each row from left to right, starting with the top row.
• sudoku-cli can output results to a file. The directory must already exist.

Commands

sudoku-cli has 5 sub-commands each with their own configurable options: * sudoku-cli find-one * -i=<value> | --input=<value> * -t=<value> | --threads=<value> * -o=<value> | --output=<value> * -c | --compact * sudoku-cli find-all * -i=<value> | --input=<value> * -t=<value> | --threads=<value> * -o=<value> | --output=<value> * -c | --compact * sudoku-cli watch-one * -i=<value> | --input=<value> * -m=<value> | --ms-per-frame=<value> * sudoku-cli watch-all * -i=<value> | --input=<value> * -m=<value> | --ms-per-frame=<value> * sudoku-cli count-all * -i=<value> | --input=<value> * -t=<value> | --threads=<value>

## Examples

### Find One

Finds one possible solution to a sudoku puzzle.

sudoku-cli find-one --input=".75.....4.1...5.....8.7.........7.......6...1...8.2...3...9.7...5.3.4.........31."

### Find All

Finds all possible solutions to a sudoku puzzle.

sudoku-cli find-all --input=path/to/puzzle --threads=8 --output=solutions.txt --compact

### Watch One

Watch the solver find one solution to a sudoku puzzle.

sudoku-cli watch-one --input=path/to/puzzle

### Watch All

Watch the solver find all possible solutions to a sudoku puzzle.

sudoku-cli watch-all --input=path/to/puzzle --ms-per-frame=15

### Count All

Count the number of possible solutions without writing them to an output.

sudoku-cli count-all --input=path/to/puzzle --threads=8