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  • Features

    Here is a list of DjeShellSteps main features

      •Allow to execute a shell script step by step. In case of problem, the script can be restarted after last successfull step
      •All informations written to stdout are displayed to a log file
      •Only a short summary of script execution can be shown on stdout (or nothing)
      •Script can be restarted from beginning or a specific step
      •Last execution log can be displayed from sample command
      •When a script is launched a PID file is created, and removed at the end of the execution
      •Script can be killed by a simple command
      •You can manage configuration files for your Shell scripts without any effort
      •Display the last execution log file from your Shell script command line
      •...

    Preview

      Some shell "Screenshots" ;)

      Command line help

      ~/dss/bin> ./example2.sh --help 
      ./example2.sh                                 (powered by DjeShellSteps v1.00) 
                                                    (c) Jerome DESMOULINS 
      Usage: 
        ./example2.sh 
       
      Common parameters: 
        --fromstep X     to restart from step X 
        --fromscratch    to restart from begining (ignore previous error) 
        --help           to display this help message 
        --debug          to enable debug mode 
        --stdout         to force output to stdout (logfile still exist) 
        --stdoutsummary  to write summary informations to stdout 
        --status         to display your script status (running or not) 
        --kill           to kill running script 
        --lastlog        to display last log file
      					
      DjeShellSteps gives to your Shell scripts many native options, from command line.

      Get your script status

      ~/dss/bin> ./example2.sh --status
      example2 status   [STOPPED]
      					
      Without any effort, you can check if your script is working or not.

      Restarting from a particular step

      $./example2.sh --fromstep 20 
      Restarting from Step 20 
      ############################################################################## 
      # DjeShellSteps v1.01                                                        # 
      # Begin of example2                                    [2016/06/22 21:24:26] # 
      # Script launched by jdesmoul@LFR010756                      (PID: 12112   ) # 
      # Parameters: --fromstep                                                     # 
      # Parameters: 20                                                             # 
      ############################################################################## 
       
        ____          _             _ 
       |  _  ___ ___| |_ __ _ _ __| |_ 
       | |_) / _  __| __/ _` | '__| __| 
       |  _ <  ____  |_ (_| | |  | |_ 
       |_| ____|___/____,_|_|   __| 
       
       
      Info: Restart file was found. Restarting shell from step 20 
       
       
      ############################################################################## 
      # Step 10                                              [2016/06/22 21:24:27] # 
      # List all files on current directory                                        # 
      ############################################################################## 
      Info: RESTART MODE - This step will be ignored 
       
       
      ############################################################################## 
      # Step 20                                              [2016/06/22 21:24:27] # 
      # Sleep for two seconds                                                      # 
      ############################################################################## 
      Info: RESTART MODE - This step will be ReRun 
       
       
      ############################################################################## 
      # Step 30                                              [2016/06/22 21:24:29] # 
      # Display kernel version                                                     # 
      ############################################################################## 
      Info: RESTART MODE - This step will be ReRun 
      CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW LFR010756 1.7.35(0.287/5/3) 2015-03-04 12:07 i686 Cygwin 
       
       
      ############################################################################## 
      # End of example2                                      [2016/06/22 21:24:30] # 
      # Execution time: 5 second(s)                                                # 
      ############################################################################## 
      
      					
      A problem occurs during last shell script execution? Next launch will restart from the failed step.

      Display last execution logfile

      ~/dss/bin> ./example2.sh --lastlog 
      ./example2.sh --lastlog
      ##############################################################################
      # DjeShellSteps v1.00                                                        #
      # Begin of example2                                    [2017/12/18 21:51:19] #
      # Script launched by jdesmoulins@www                         (PID: 21440   ) #
      # Parameters: --latlog                                                       #
      ##############################################################################
      ##############################################################################
      # Step 10                                              [2017/12/18 21:51:19] #
      # List all files on current directory                                        #
      ##############################################################################
      backup_manager_restore.sh
      backup_manager.sh
      example1.sh
      example2.sh
      mysql_backup.sh
      mysql_optimize.sh
      nagios_check_apache_certificate.sh
      nagios_check_last_backup.sh
      ntp_update.sh
      ##############################################################################
      # End of example2                                      [2017/12/18 21:51:19] #
      # Execution time: 1 second(s)                                                #
      ##############################################################################
      					
      DjeShellSteps returns the last execution logfile of the script into stdout.



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