I've dug myself into a deep rabbit hole trying to find out what the title says. If you're confused about what this question is, I'll give a more detailed explanation: Have you ever seen the VSCode Terminal? or Terminus? Well I want to do what those applications do. I have an electron app, and for the users convenience I want to include a command prompt of some sorts into it. I've looked in to xterm.js, but I can only find examples of things like SSH, not a direct link to a console hosted on the system. What I'm asking is how do I connect xterm.js(in electron) to a real working command prompt? I've seen programs able to interact with cmd.exe such as Windows Terminal. I'll use it as an example.
Image taken from process hacker
In the attached photo you can see three processes. WindowsTerminal.exe, OpenConsole.exe, and cmd.exe. After digging around in the source code of Windows Terminal, I can see the OpenConsole.exe gets started with every instance of a cmd that you make. So I assume that is the program that's interacting with cmd.exe. Now I know that Windows Terminal is made using UWP but you can see similar things happening with VSCode(I opened a bunch of terminals to demonstrate)
here is another post with a similar question, but with no answers. I hope this one gains some traction.
So if you can answer, thanks. If you got sidetracked a bit, remember my question: How do I connect xterm.js(in electron) to a real working command prompt?
Sorry if you couldn't understand my wording, im not very good at this :P
The following video was helpful for me. Shortly, you need to :
install node-pty and electron-rebuild packages (additional to the xterm)
Place the following codes to appropriate process files
In the main process (main.js):
const os = require('os');
const pty = require('node-pty');
var shell = os.platform() === "win32" ? "powershell.exe" : "bash";
var ptyProcess = pty.spawn(shell, [], {
name: 'xterm-color',
cols: 80,
rows: 24,
cwd: process.env.HOME,
env: process.env
});
ptyProcess.on("data", (data) => {
mainWindow.webContents.send("terminal-incData", data);
});
ipcMain.on("terminal-into", (event, data)=> {
ptyProcess.write(data);
})
In the renderer process:
const Terminal = require('xterm').Terminal;
const FitAddon = require('xterm-addon-fit').FitAddon;
const term = new Terminal();
const fitAddon = new FitAddon();
term.loadAddon(fitAddon);
// Open the terminal in #terminal-container
term.open(document.getElementById('terminal-container'));
term.onData(e => {
ipcRenderer.send("terminal-into", e);
} );
ipcRenderer.on('terminal-incData', (event, data) => {
term.write(data);
})
// Make the terminal's size and geometry fit the size of #terminal-container
fitAddon.fit();
run electron-rebuild command if you get an error.
You might get the following errors when you try to install electron-rebuild package:
Solution for MAC: error: no template named 'remove_cv_t'.
Solution for Windows: gyp ERR! find Python
I figured it out, code on github: https://github.com/77Z/electron-local-terminal-prototype
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I'm trying to print a formatted string to stderr in Rust (curious newbie here!), but it looks like an easy convenience macro (such as print!/println! for stdout) isn't provided in the standard library.
In C, one could just do it like this:
fprintf(stderr, "format_string", args ...);
I've successfully printed string literals to stderr with
let stderr = std::io::stderr();
writeln!(&mut stderr, "literal");
The next thing that came into mind was to do a format! first, and then use writeln!, mut that fails to compile with error: expected a literal. On the other hand, stderr.write() expects &[u8], so using String::bytes().collect() doesn't really work either..
What are the correct solutions to this?
See answer of the linked duplicate. Since Rust 1.19, you can use the eprintln! macro.
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I've installed lcurses (luarocks + luajit) but I'm not able to find any tutorial.
I'm reading about ncurses with C language trying to replicate code on lua
but the lua porting is not a C library direct match.
Here are the two "Hello World" example:
lua version
package.path = package.path .. ';/opt/luarocks_pkg/share/lua/5.1/?.lua';
package.cpath = package.cpath.. ';/opt/luarocks_pkg/lib/lua/5.1/?.so';
local curses = require('curses');
local os = require('os');
local function main()
--start curses mode
curses.initscr()
--disable line buffering
curses.raw();
--switch off echoing
curses.echo(false);
--initialize standard screen object
local stdscr = curses.stdscr()
--clear screen
stdscr:clear();
--move cursor at (10,10) and print, here only update the stdscr structure
stdscr:mvaddstr(10,10,'Hello World');
--force curses system to dump the contents on the screen
stdscr:refresh();
--wait for keyb input
stdscr:getch();
--frees the memory taken by curses sub-system and its data structures and puts the terminal in normal mode
curses.endwin();
return(0);
end
main()
C version
#include <ncurses.h>
int main()
{
initscr(); /* Start curses mode */
printw("Hello World !!!"); /* Print Hello World */
refresh(); /* Print it on to the real screen */
getch(); /* Wait for user input */
endwin(); /* End curses mode */
return 0;
}
Replicating C code in lua require a lot of time (to learn how to use lcurses), so I'll appreciate if someone can help me by reporting where I can find a lcurses lua tutorial.
Try lcurses documentation. It indicates that the API is the same so you should be able to get the details from your system's curses or ncurses man doc. If you can't do "man ncurses" or "man curses" (as documented on that link), then you can surely find some online versions:
Same as above, but hyperlinked to actual function docs
Introduction to ncurses
Ncurses howto
ncurses faq
Programmers Guide to ncurses
The intro to ncurses and the howto should provide what you need. Beyond that tou will have to purchase the book. Beyond that you are out of luck, so either way this answer should be closed.
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i have stored procedure sp_1 in server_A .i am calling this SP from Server_B
the code is:exec Server_A.MyDb.dbo.SP_1 in the body of sp i have complicted logic in the final step I insert result to Table_A.
running sp take 10 minute and return 'command complete successfully' but tabe_A is Empty (must be filled).
i try to execute the body of script it work properly .and tble Fill as expect.
i do'nt know what is wrong...?
i try to execute sp_1 from Another server 'server_c' server_d it work fine.
problem is with server_B
i found the anwser the problem is with Remote Query Timeout set to 600 sec
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For debugging purposes in a somewhat closed system, I have to output text to a file.
Does anyone know of a tool that runs on windows (console based or not) that detects changes to a file and outputs them in real-time?
I like tools that will perform more than one task, Notepad++ is a great notepad replacement and has a Document Monitor plugin (installs with standard msi) that works great. It also is portable so you can have it on a thumb drive for use anywhere.
For a command line option, PowerShell (which is really a new command line) has a great feature already mentioned.
Get-Content someFile.txt -wait
But you can also filter at the command line using a regular expression
Get-Content web.log -wait | where { $_ -match "ERROR" }
Tail for Win32
Apache Chainsaw - used this with log4net logs, may require file to be in a certain format
When using Windows PowerShell you can do the following:
Get-Content someFile.txt -wait
I use "tail -f" under cygwin.
I use BareTail for doing this on Windows. It's free and has some nice features, such as tabs for tailing multiple files and configurable highlighting.
Tail is the best answer so far.
If you don't use Windows, you probably already have tail.
If you do use Windows, you can get a whole slew of Unix command line tools from here. Unzip them and put them somewhere in your PATH.
Then just do this at the command prompt from the same folder your log file is in:
tail -n 50 -f whatever.log
This will show you the last 50 lines of the file and will update as the file updates.
You can combine grep with tail with great results - something like this:
tail -n 50 -f whatever.log | grep Error
gives you just lines with "Error" in it.
Good luck!
FileSystemWatcher works a treat, although you do have to be a little careful about duplicate events firing - 1st link from Google - but bearing that in mind can produce great results.
Late answer, though might be helpful for someone -- LOGEXPERT seems to be interesting tail utility for windows.
Try SMSTrace from Microsoft (now called CMTrace, and directly available in the Start Menu on some versions of Windows)
Its a brilliant GUI tool that monitors updates to any text file in real time, even if its locked for writing by another file.
Don't be fooled by the description, its capable of monitoring any file, including .txt, .log or .csv.
Its ability to monitor locked files is extremely useful, and is one of the reasons why this utility shines.
One of the nicest features is line coloring. If it sees the word "ERROR", the line becomes red. If it sees the word "WARN", the line becomes yellow. This makes the logs a lot easier to follow.
I have used FileSystemWatcher for monitoring of text files for a component I recently built. There may be better options (I never found anything in my limited research) but that seemed to do the trick nicely :)
Crap, my bad, you're actually after a tool to do it all for you..
Well if you get unlucky and want to roll your own ;)
Yor can use the FileSystemWatcher in System.Diagnostics.
From MSDN:
public class Watcher
{
public static void Main()
{
Run();
}
[PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Name="FullTrust")]
public static void Run()
{
string[] args = System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
// If a directory is not specified, exit program.
if(args.Length != 2)
{
// Display the proper way to call the program.
Console.WriteLine("Usage: Watcher.exe (directory)");
return;
}
// Create a new FileSystemWatcher and set its properties.
FileSystemWatcher watcher = new FileSystemWatcher();
watcher.Path = args[1];
/* Watch for changes in LastAccess and LastWrite times, and
the renaming of files or directories. */
watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.LastAccess | NotifyFilters.LastWrite
| NotifyFilters.FileName | NotifyFilters.DirectoryName;
// Only watch text files.
watcher.Filter = "*.txt";
// Add event handlers.
watcher.Changed += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);
watcher.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);
watcher.Deleted += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnChanged);
watcher.Renamed += new RenamedEventHandler(OnRenamed);
// Begin watching.
watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
// Wait for the user to quit the program.
Console.WriteLine("Press \'q\' to quit the sample.");
while(Console.Read()!='q');
}
// Define the event handlers.
private static void OnChanged(object source, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
// Specify what is done when a file is changed, created, or deleted.
Console.WriteLine("File: " + e.FullPath + " " + e.ChangeType);
}
private static void OnRenamed(object source, RenamedEventArgs e)
{
// Specify what is done when a file is renamed.
Console.WriteLine("File: {0} renamed to {1}", e.OldFullPath, e.FullPath);
}
}
You can also follow this link Watching Folder Activity in VB.NET
Snake Tail. It is a good option.
http://snakenest.com/snaketail/
Just a shameless plug to tail onto the answer, but I have a free web based app called Hacksaw used for viewing log4net files. I've put in an auto refresh options so you can give yourself near real time updates without having to refresh the browser all the time.
Yeah I've used both Tail for Win32 and tail on Cygwin. I've found both to be excellent, although I prefer Cygwin slightly as I'm able to tail files over the internet efficiently without crashes (Tail for Win32 has crashed on me in some instances).
So basically, I would use tail on Cygwin and redirect the output to a file on my local machine. I would then have this file open in Vim and reload (:e) it when required.
+1 for BareTail. I actually use BareTailPro, which provides real-time filtering on the tail with basic search strings or search strings using regex.
To make the list complete here's a link to the GNU WIN32 ports of many useful tools (amongst them is tail).
GNUWin32 CoreUtils
Surprised no one has mentioned Trace32 (or Trace64). These are great (free) Microsoft utilities that give a nice GUI and highlight any errors, etc. It also has filtering and sounds like exactly what you need.
Here's a utility I wrote to do just that:
It uses a FileSystemWatcher to look for changes in log files within local folders or network shares (don't have to be mounted, just provide the UNC path) and appends the new content to the console.
on github: https://github.com/danbyrne84/multitail
http://www.danielbyrne.net/projects/multitail
Hope this helps
#echo off
set LoggingFile=C:\foo.txt
set lineNr=0
:while1
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%i in (`more +%lineNr% %LoggingFile%`) DO (
echo %%i
set /a lineNr+=1
REM Have an appropriate stop condition here by checking i
)
goto :while1
A command prompt way of doing it.
FileMon is a free stand alone tool that can detect all kinds of file access. You can filter out any unwanted. It does not show you the data that has actually changed though.
I second "tail -f" in cygwin. I assume that Tail for Win32 will accomplish the same thing.
Tail for Win32
I did a tiny viewer by my own:
https://github.com/enexusde/Delphi/wiki/TinyLog