Update README.md

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 getenv
+dist/*

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+VERSION=$(shell git describe)
+DIST=dist
+
+all: linux-amd64
+
+linux-amd64:
+	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o $(DIST)/amd64/getenv
+	zip $(DIST)/getenv-$(VERSION)-linux-amd64.zip $(DIST)/amd64/getenv

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ## What's this?
-`getenv` will fetch GCE metadata attributes and print them as K=V pairs ready to be `exported` as environment variables.
+`getenv` will fetch Google Cloud (Compute Engine) metadata attributes and print them as K=V pairs ready to be `exported` as environment variables.
 
 Example:
 ```bash
-./getenv
+getenv
 MY_VARIABLE=SOMEVALUE
 ```
 
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ MY_VARIABLE=SOMEVALUE
 
 Export all metadata attributes as ENV variables for current shell session and store them in /etc/environment for future sessions:
 ```bash
-export $(./getenv)
+export $(getenv)
-./getenv 1>> /etc/environment
+getenv 1>> /etc/environment
 ```
 or
 ```bash
-./getenv 1>> /etc/environment
+getenv 1>> /etc/environment
 source /etc/environment
-```
+```

main.go

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	prefix := flag.String("prefix", "", "Prefix to append to the ENV var names in the output")
+	prefix := flag.String("prefix", "", "Only fetch metadata items that match this prefix")
+	prepend := flag.String("prepend", "", "Prepend this string to the ENV var names in the output")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	var client = &http.Client{
@@ -47,12 +48,14 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	for k, v := range items {
-		vars[strings.ToUpper(k)] = v
+		if strings.HasPrefix(k, *prefix) {
+			vars[strings.ToUpper(k)] = v
+		}
 	}
 
 	for k, v := range vars {
-		if *prefix != "" {
+		if *prepend != "" {
-			fmt.Printf("%s_%s=%s\n", *prefix, k, v)
+			fmt.Printf("%s_%s=%s\n", strings.ToUpper(*prepend), k, v)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Printf("%s=%s\n", k, v)
 		}