The initial idea

cli.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+//
+// couchjs client
+//
+// Copyright 2011 Iris Couch
+//
+//    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//    limitations under the License.
+
+var fs = require('fs')
+var util = require('util')
+var optimist = require('optimist')
+var child_process = require('child_process')
+
+var client = require('./client')
+var LineStream = require('couchjs/stream')
+
+
+var opts = optimist.usage('$0 </path/to/couchjs> </path/to/main.js>')
+
+
+function toSource() {
+  if(typeof this == 'function')
+    return '' + this
+
+  if(this instanceof Error)
+    return this.stack
+
+  return util.inspect(this)
+}
+
+function main() {
+  var couchjs_filename = opts.argv._[0]
+    , main_js = opts.argv._[1]
+
+  if(!main_js || !couchjs_filename)
+    return console.error(opts.help())
+
+  console.log('%j %j', couchjs_filename, main_js)
+
+  var child = child_process.spawn(couchjs_filename, [main_js], {'stdio':'pipe'})
+
+  child.on('exit', function(code) {
+    console.log('couchjs %s exit: %s', child.pid, code)
+  })
+
+  child.stderr.on('data', function(body) {
+    console.error('couchjs %s error: %s', child.pid, body)
+  })
+
+  // Break messages from the child into lines.
+  var child_stdout = new LineStream
+  child_stdout.on('data', child_line)
+  child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8')
+  child.stdout.pipe(child_stdout)
+
+  function child_line(line) {
+    console.log('couchjs %s: %s', child.pid, line)
+  }
+
+  setTimeout(function() {
+    child.stdin.write('[]\n')
+  }, 3000)
+}
+
+if(require.main === module)
+  main()

client.js

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+// Copyright 2011 Iris Couch
+//
+//    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//    limitations under the License.
+
+module.exports = {}