scripts/_common.py: add a shared Python file to move duplicated code (#12755)

* `scripts/_common.py`: add a shared Python file to move duplicated code

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Co-authored-by: Vítor Henrique <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       run: npm ci
 
     - name: Install pip dependencies
-      run: pip install -r requirements.txt -r scripts/pdf/requirements.txt
+      run: pip install -r requirements.txt -r scripts/pdf/requirements.txt -r scripts/test-requirements.txt
 
     - name: Test
       run: npm test

.gitignore

@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ scripts/pdf/tldr-pages.pdf
 # Python venv for testing the PDF script
 # Create it with: python3 -m venv scripts/pdf/venv/
 venv
+
+# Generated pycache
+__pycache__

scripts/README.md

@@ -2,34 +2,37 @@
 
 The current directory contains useful scripts used/to use with `tldr` pages.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> [Git](https://git-scm.com/) and [Python](https://www.python.org/) must be installed in your system to run/test the scripts locally.
+
 ## Summary
 
 This section contains a summary of the scripts available in this directory. For more information about each script, please refer to the header of each script.
 
 - [pdf](pdf/README.md) directory contains the `render.py` and `build-pdf.sh` script and related resources to generate a PDF document of tldr-pages for a specific language or platform (or both).
 - [build.sh](build.sh) script builds the ZIP archives of the `pages` directory.
 - [build-index.sh](build-index.sh) script builds the index of available pages.
-- [check-pr.sh](check-pr.sh) script checks the pages syntax and performs various checks on the PR.
+- [check-pr.sh](check-pr.sh) script checks the page's syntax and performs various checks on the PR.
 - [deploy.sh](deploy.sh) script deploys the ZIP and PDF archives to the static website repository.
-- [send-to-bot.py](send-to-bot.py) is a Python script that send the build or tests output to tldr-bot.
+- [send-to-bot.py](send-to-bot.py) is a Python script that sends the build or test output to tldr-bot.
 - [set-alias-page.py](set-alias-page.py) is a Python script to generate or update alias pages.
 - [set-more-info-link.py](set-more-info-link.py) is a Python script to generate or update more information links across pages.
 - [set-page-title.py](set-page-title.py) is a Python script to update the title across pages.
-- [test.sh](test.sh) script runs some basic tests on every PR/commit to make sure that the pages are valid and that the code is formatted correctly.
+- [test.sh](test.sh) script runs some basic tests on every PR/commit to ensure the pages are valid and the code is formatted correctly.
 - [wrong-filename.sh](wrong-filename.sh) script checks the consistency between the filenames and the page title.
 - [update-command.py](update-command.py) is a Python script to update the common contents of a command example across all languages.
 
 ## Compatibility
 
-The below table shows the compatibility of user-executable scripts with different platforms.
+The table below shows the compatibility of user-executable scripts with different platforms:
 
 | Script | Linux | macOS (`osx`) | Windows |
 | ------ | ----- | ----- | ------- |
 | [render.py](pdf/render.py) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
-| [build-pdf.sh](pdf/build-pdf.sh) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
-| [build.sh](build.sh) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
+| [build-pdf.sh](pdf/build-pdf.sh) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (WSL ✅)|
+| [build.sh](build.sh) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (WSL ✅)|
 | [set-alias-pages.py](set-alias-pages.py) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | [set-more-info-link.py](set-more-info-link.py) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
 | [set-page-title.py](set-page-title.py) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
-| [wrong-filename.sh](wrong-filename.sh) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| [wrong-filename.sh](wrong-filename.sh) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ (WSL ✅)|
 | [update-command.py](update-command.py) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |