cli-typer

CLI typer is a generic scripting tool to allow scripting (and a bit more) on CLIs that don't accept scripting!

Usage

CLI typer needs a config file to run: ./cli-typer <config-file>

The config file is divided is two section: 1 Generic configurations and the actions to be executed. For example:

cfg.command: sh test.sh
cfg.exitTimeoutS: 3
cfg.actionDelayMs: 200

waitFor: something
sleep: 2
type: list
question:
type: exit

Configuration section

• cfg.command: the command to be run
• cfg.exitTimeoutS: the amount of time (in seconds) to wait before force quiting the command
• cfg.actionDelayMs: the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait between actions

Supported actions

Each action consists in a name and parameter separated by :.

• waitFor: <string>: Wait for the <string> on the output of cfg.command for 10s (This still needs to be configurable)
• sleep: <time in seconds>: Sleep for <time in seconds>
• type: <string>: Type <string> on the input of cfg.command
• question:: Stop and request user input

Building

The pre-requisite to build cli-typer is to have boost installed, most versions will work out of the box.

Recommended steps to build:

$ mkdir out
$ cd out
$ cmake .. && make

Runnning the example

To run the example, first build cli-typer using the steps above and then:

$ cd example
$ ../out/cli-typer file.cfg