Run multiple concurrent processes

Do you run an application that needs multiple processes? Like npm run dev and npm run tailwind. Typically in a dev environment you would need to have more than one terminal open if you're running more than on processes. But with batch run you only need one terminal to run all processes concurrently.

Installation

You can install and run this package directly by running:

npx batchrun "npm run dev, npm run tailwind"

To install this module globally simply run:

npm install -g batchrun

To install this module locally(for just the project) run:

npm install batchrun

NOTE: You will have to append npx to your command for just a local installation.

Requirements

For this package to work you need an argument of strings in the terminal command, or a batchrun.config.json file at the root of your project directory, which is simply an array of strings, each string being the command to run. Example:

["node index.js", "npm run tailwind"]

More entries mean more processes.

Usage

To fire up the process without a batchrun.config.json file simply run:

batchrun "npm run dev, npm run tailwind"

If you did not install the package globally, run:

npx batchrun "npm run dev, npm run tailwind"

If you already have a batchrun.config.json file just run

batchrun

Process actions

When your process is up and running, you can perform a few more actions to your running processes.

Reload all processes

To reload all processes, while the process is active in your terminal type

reload

Press Enter after tyring this. This will reload all the processes you started. Alternatively, you can simply press Ctrl+R: this does the same thing. restart amd reboot commands work also.

Reload processes

You can also target a single process and reload it. This will need an index appended to the reload command. Example:

- Processes Started ...
...
reload 0

This will reload the first command in your list of commands. You can add more indexes by separating them with a comma(,): Example:

- Processes Started ...
...
reload 0,3,4

NOTE: Do not add a space between the commands or else the reload command won't work.

Kill processes

To kill all processes simply type:

- Processes Started ...
...
kill

This is the equivalent of pressing Ctrl+C. To kill specific processes just follow the same convention as the reload command. Example:

- Processes Started ...
...
kill 1,2

To restart a killed process simple use the reload command again.