command-runner

A simple command runner, inspired from Whiskey process runner.

Installation

npm install -g command-runner

This will install the command-runner module globally and add the cr cli tool to your PATH.

Usage

cr --config filename.json [--debug]

Configuration file

This JSON file is used to specify all the commands to run asynchronously.

Example configuration file :

{
  "http-server": {
    "cmd": [ "http-server", "-p", "8000", "./" ],
    "log": {
      "type": "file",
      "options": {
        "name": "http-server.log"
      }
    },
    "wait": {
      "type": "socket",
      "options": {
        "host": "127.0.0.1",
        "port": "8000",
        "timeout": "3000"
      }
    }
  },
  "localtunnel": {
    "cmd": [ "lt", "--port", "8000" ],
    "wait": {
      "type": "output",
      "options": {
        "match": "your url is:",
        "timeout": "3000"
      }
    }
  },
  "test": {
    "cmd": [ "tape", "tests/**/*.js" ],
    "depends": [ "http-server", "localtunnel" ],
    "log": {
      "type": "output"
    },
    "exit_on_success": true
  }
}

Options

Name	Type	Required	Description
cmd	Array	yes	The command to run
cwd	string	no	The command working directory. Default is current directory.
depends	Array	no	The names of command dependencies. Name must be defined in configuration.
log	Object	no	The command output log configuration.
wait	Object	no	The command start wait condition configuration.
exit_on_success	boolean	no	Indicate if runner gracefully exit if the command terminate with zero exit code. Default is false.
abort_on_error	boolean	no	Indicate if runner gracefully abort if the command terminate with non-zero exit code. Default is true.

"log" configuration object

Name	Type	Required	Description
type	string	yes	The output log type : file, output, stdout or stderr.
options	Object	no	The output log options.

output: respectively redirect command process stdout and stderr to runner stdout and stderr. Has no options.

stdout: redirect only command process stdout to runner stdout. Has no options.

stderr: redirect only command process stderr to runner stderr. Has no options.

file: redirect command process output to a file using the following options :

Name	Type	Required	Description
name	string	yes	The filename.
input	string	no	The stream input : output, stdout or stderr. Default is output.
stream_options	Object	no	The fs.createStream options.

fs.createStream default behavious is open file for writing. The file is created (if it does not exist) or truncated (if it exists). To append, just set stream_options to {"flags": "a"}.

"wait" configuration object

Name	Type	Required	Description
type	string	yes	The wait condition type : output, socket, done, or timer.
options	Object	no	The wait condition options.

output: wait for an output string (stdout and stderr) to match using the following options :

Name	Type	Required	Description
match	string	yes	The string to match.
timeout	number	no	The wait timeout in milliseconds. Default is 10000.

socket: wait for a socket using the following options :

Name	Type	Required	Description
port	number	yes	The port number.
host	string	no	The hostname or ip address. Default is localhost
timeout	number	no	The wait timeout in milliseconds. Default is 10000.
interval	number	no	The connect retry interval in milliseconds. Default is 200.

done: wait for a process to run and exit with success code using the following options :

Name	Type	Required	Description
timeout	number	no	The wait timeout in milliseconds. Must be greater than or equal to 100.

timer: wait for a timer duration using the following options :

Name	Type	Required	Description
duration	number	yes	The wait duration in milliseconds. Must be greater than or equal to 100.