mult

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mult

Run a command multiple times and glance at the outputs.

🧰 Use Cases

mult can come in handy in a few scenarios, such as:

• Investigating inconsistent responses from a web server
• Checking the outcomes of a flaky test suite
• Running quick and dirty performance/stress tests

💾 Installation

homebrew:

brew install dhth/tap/mult

go:

go install github.com/dhth/mult@latest

Arch Linux:

yay -S mult

Or get the binaries directly from a release.

⚡️ Usage

Usage: mult [flags]

Flags:
  -F    whether to stop after first failure
  -S    whether to stop after first success
  -d int
        time (in ms) to sleep for between runs
  -i    accept flag values interactively (takes precendence over -n)
  -n int
        number of times to run the command (default 5)
  -s    whether to invoke the command sequentially

Specify number of runs

mult -n=10 yourcommand

Ask for number of runs

mult -i yourcommand

Run sequentially

By default, mult executes all runs concurrently. Use -s for sequentially execution.

mult -s yourcommand

Add delay (in milliseconds) between runs

mult -s -d=500 yourcommand

Stop at first failure

mult -s -F yourcommand

Stop at first success

mult -s -S yourcommand

Note: -d, -F, -S only apply in sequential run mode.